Labor groups file suit to stop Kentucky county right-to-work law
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Nine labor unions filed suit in a Kentucky federal court late on Wednesday to stop a county from enacting right-to-work legislation they say violates the National Labor Relations Act.
Colorado church would not show video of lesbian couple at funeral, family says
DENVER (Reuters) – Family and friends of a deceased lesbian woman complained on social media on Wednesday over what they said was a Colorado church’s refusal to allow a slideshow during Vanessa Collier’s funeral depicting images of her kissing her fiancée.
Ex-Penn State president to face trial on Sandusky-related charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Penn State’s former president and two other officials from the university must face trial on criminal charges they tried to hamper the investigation into assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s sexual molestation of boys, …
Anti-Islam group buys ads on San Francisco buses
(Reuters) – An anti-Islam group has sparked controversy with the purchase of advertisements on San Francisco’s public buses that display the image of Adolf Hitler and accuse the religion of fostering anti-Semitism.
NFL linebacker charged with rape in Indianapolis
(Reuters) – Indianapolis Colts backup linebacker Josh McNary on Wednesday was charged with attacking and raping a 29-year-old woman in his Indianapolis apartment in December, court records show.
Yosemite climbers reach top of El Capitan in historic ascent
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two climbers completed a historic 19-day ascent to the summit of Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan in California on Wednesday after scaling the rock formation’s 3,000-foot (900-metre) sheer granite face without climbing tools,…
Ten killed, five injured after Texas prison bus falls onto train
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Ten people were killed and five badly injured when a Texas prison bus carrying 15 people skidded off an icy highway overpass and hit a moving freight train on Wednesday, officials said.
Washington state teen who was shaken as a baby dies; father likely to be charged
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state teenager who suffered life-long injuries when she was violently shaken as an infant has died, and a Seattle-area prosecutor said on Wednesday he would likely charge her biological father in her death.
After 15 convictions, Madoff prosecutions appear to be over
NEW YORK (Reuters) – After more than five years and 15 convictions, the U.S. government’s criminal investigation of Bernard Madoff’s colossal Ponzi scheme may finally be coming to an end.
Florida man sentenced to 20 years for seeking to join al Qaeda group
(Reuters) – A Florida man was sentenced to two decades in prison on Wednesday for conspiring to train for an Islamic holy war or jihad and traveling to the Middle East intending to fight with an al Qaeda-affiliated group, according to court records.
