Florida asks Supreme Court to block gay marriage
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi asked the U.S. Supreme Court late on Monday to block same-sex marriage in the state next month while the state continues its legal defense of its constitutional definition of marriage as a he…
Georgia city reverses course, approves mosque in shopping center
ATLANTA (Reuters) – City officials in an Atlanta suburb voted on Monday night to allow Muslim residents to open a mosque in a local shopping center, reversing, under threat of a lawsuit, a decision made two weeks earlier.
Jury to decide fate of former Miami-area mayor accused of mortgage fraud
MIAMI (Reuters) – A former south Florida mayor used her status in the Haitian community to lure individuals into a scheme to fraudulently obtain mortgages, prosecutors said on Monday during closing arguments in her fraud trial.
Defense seeks mercy for Texan facing execution for revenge murder
DALLAS (Reuters) – Defense attorneys for a former Texas justice of peace convicted of capital murder in a revenge plot against two prosecutors rested their case on Monday in the penalty phase, having asked jurors to invoke Jesus’ mercy and spare him fr…
Protesters chain themselves to Oakland police station doors
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Protesters chained themselves to the doors of police headquarters in Oakland, California, on Monday, prompting several arrests, and one demonstrator scaled a flagpole to hang a “Black Lives Matter” banner in front of the bui…
Albuquerque policeman’s gun goes off, accidentally hits bystander
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) – An Albuquerque police officer accidentally shot an innocent bystander when his weapon discharged as he climbed through a window during a burglary investigation, authorities said on Monday.
Seattle police find no explosives after Amazon HQ threat
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle police searched for explosives at Amazon.com’s headquarters after a threatening letter was found at a company building just north of the city’s downtown district, but found nothing, authorities said on Monday.
California policeman who threatened protesters on Twitter put on leave
(Reuters) – A San Jose police officer who tweeted threatening messages to demonstrators protesting the police killings of unarmed black men has been placed on administrative leave, a spokeswoman for the department said Monday.
Suspect in six Pennsylvania killings is target of manhunt
LOWER SALFORD, Penn. (Reuters) – An Iraq war veteran suspected of killing six family members in towns around Philadelphia was being hunted on Monday by Pennsylvania police, authorities said.
Bill Cosby’s wife defends him from sex assault claims
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Camille Cosby, the wife of comedian Bill Cosby, on Monday defended her husband from weeks-long accusations brought by more than a dozen women alleging that the groundbreaking entertainer sexually assaulted them decades ago.
