U.S. judge’s rebuke prompts prosecutors to rethink N.Y. man’s sentence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A convicted robber and drug dealer who had faced a mandatory minimum 52 years in prison has instead been sentenced to 27 years, after prosecutors took the rare step of following a judge’s urgings for a shorter prison term after the…
Former South Carolina sheriff agrees to guilty plea in bribery case
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A former South Carolina sheriff agreed on Monday to plead guilty to conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants, a deal that could land him in prison after a federal judge rejected a similar agreement that would have resulted o…
Secret Service needs to beef up IT security: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service refused to provide data on its computer security systems to the Department of Homeland Security in 2014, preventing it from being able to verify if it was complying with security policies, an inspector gen…
Court strikes down North Carolina ultrasound abortion law
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A North Carolina law requiring doctors to perform an ultrasound and describe the displayed images to women seeking abortions constitutes compelled speech that violates the patients’ free speech rights, a U.S. appeals cou…
Condition of Muhammad Ali ‘vastly improved’
(Reuters) – The condition of Muhammad Ali has “vastly improved” since he was admitted to the hospital over the weekend with a mild case of pneumonia and doctors hope to discharge the boxing legend soon, a spokesman said on Monday.
Justice Department official condemns killings of officers as ‘heinous’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Deputy Attorney General James Cole said on Monday the fatal shootings of two New York police officers on Saturday were “heinous and cowardly acts.”
Police officers’ slaying raises pressure on New York mayor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio faced the biggest crisis of his political career on Sunday after a gunman killed two police officers in an attack intended to avenge recent police killings of unarmed black men in the United States.
Obama to name Sally Yates as pick for deputy attorney general
HONOLULU (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Monday that U.S. Attorney Sally Yates will be his nominee for deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, a U.S. official said.
U.S. border guards shoot Canadian man wielding gun
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Two U.S. border patrol agents shot a Canadian man brandishing a handgun near the border crossing between Detroit, and Windsor, Ontario, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.
Maine man charged with killing girlfriend, two children
(Reuters) – A 27-year-old man was arrested in Maine on Sunday and charged with killing his girlfriend and her two young children, whose bodies were discovered in their mobile home a day earlier, state police said.
