Former Garner family lawyer will not face rape charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York lawyer who represented the family of Eric Garner, the unarmed black man killed last July in a police chokehold, will not face criminal charges that he raped a woman at his penthouse apartment, Manhattan prosecutors said …
California prison guard sues, says he was harassed for being Muslim
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California prison guard who says he was relentlessly harassed and mocked by his co-workers because he is black and Muslim has sued the state of California and its corrections officials, an Islamic civil rights group said on Mo…
Man found dead near New Mexico reservation may have been mauled by dogs
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) – A Native American man found dead in a New Mexico field last week near the Navajo Nation reservation may have been mauled by a pack of as many as 10 dogs, police said on Monday.
Brown sworn in for record fourth term as California governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Democrat Jerry Brown, who turned around California’s finances after years of deficits, vowed to keep a tight rein on spending as he was sworn in on Monday for a record fourth term at the helm of the nation’s most populous…
U.S. judge postpones sentencing of former Connecticut Governor Rowland
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Monday agreed to postpone the sentencing of former Connecticut Governor John Rowland, who was convicted last year of violating campaign laws by taking payments from a business owned by the husband of…
Pennsylvania boy, 10, to be tried as juvenile in beating death of woman, 90
Pittsburgh, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania judge ruled on Monday that a 10-year-old boy charged as an adult in the beating death of an elderly woman will have his trial moved to juvenile court, attorneys said.
Former U.S. cyber security official sentenced for child porn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former acting director of cyber security at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison for his role in a child pornography ring, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Massey ex-CEO’s trial over fatal mine blast delayed to April
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday delayed by nearly three months the criminal trial of former Massey Energy Co Donald Blankenship on charges he violated federal mine safety laws prior to a 2010 West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 miners.
Jury selection begins for trial of accused Boston bomber
BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Monday began the process of selecting the jury that will hear the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, telling the first of some 1,200 prospects to read no more news accounts about the de…
N.Y. police arrest son in murder of hedge fund founder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The son of a hedge fund founder was arrested on Monday and charged with the murder of his father, who was discovered shot to death in his New York apartment over the weekend, police said.
