California truckers win $2 million in wage theft suit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Seven Los Angeles-area truckers have won a $2 million claim against an international shipping company accused of stealing their wages by improperly classifying them as independent contractors and charging them to lease its truck…
Parents of teen girl killed by Denver police demand federal probe
DENVER (Reuters) – The parents of a 17-year-old girl shot dead this week by Denver police while she was driving a stolen car have called for a U.S. Justice Department civil rights investigation into her death.
Rap mogul Suge Knight arrested in fatal hit-and-run in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was arrested on suspicion of murder on Friday after police said he ran over two people with a pickup truck at a fast food restaurant in the Los Angeles suburb of Compton, killing one and injuring t…
Second California patient tests negative for Ebola hours after first
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Two patients hospitalized in Sacramento, California, and tested for possible Ebola infection were found to be free of the deadly virus within hours of each other on Friday.
Stanford ex-student denies rape of unconscious woman outside frat
(Reuters) – A member of the Stanford University swim team charged with rape after he was seen on top of a motionless woman outside a fraternity told police she consented to being fondled and they both were drinking, according to an account presented in…
Ohio postpones all 2015 executions as it secures new drugs
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio will postpone all six executions scheduled for 2015 because it needs more time to prepare for a new execution procedure and to secure a new supply of execution drugs, the state’s prison department said on Friday.
Ex-New Jersey pharmacist gets more than 6 years in prison for trying to make ricin
(Reuters) – A former New Jersey pharmacist has been sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison for “attempting to weaponize” the deadly toxins ricin and abrin and for possessing equipment for making illegal narcotics, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday…
Ex-New Jersey pharmacist gets more than six years in prison for trying to make ricin
(Reuters) – A former New Jersey pharmacist has been sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison for “attempting to weaponize” the deadly toxins ricin and abrin and for possessing equipment for making illegal narcotics, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday…
Texas judge rules Lee Harvey Oswald casket belongs to brother
DALLAS (Reuters) – The decaying pine coffin in which Lee Harvey Oswald was buried 51 years ago rightfully belongs to the brother of President John F. Kennedy’s presumed assassin, a Texas judge ruled on Friday.
Obama, Dalai Lama due to attend U.S. prayer event February 5
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are scheduled to attend the U.S. National Prayer Breakfast in Washington next week, but it was unclear if they will have a private meeting like one last year that angered Beijing.
