Republican Boehner tries to avoid spending fight on immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner urged fellow Republicans on Tuesday to pass a long-term government spending bill next week, hoping to avoid a government shutdown and pushing any budget fight over President Bara…
Texan charged in killing prosecutor stockpiled weapons: FBI
DALLAS (Reuters) – Federal investigators told a Texas jury on Tuesday they uncovered a cache of weapons in a storage locker that belonged to a former justice of the peace accused of shooting dead two prosecutors last year.
Oklahoma student charged with rape in case that sparked school protest
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Police arrested a former Norman High School student on Tuesday on charges of raping a classmate, accusations that led to a mass walk-out in November at the suburban Oklahoma City school in support of the alleged victim.
Colorado mom sues, says fired after seeking to pump breast milk
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado mother claims in a federal lawsuit that she was fired from her hairstylist job after she sought to take periodic work breaks to pump breast milk but was rebuffed by an employer who called the idea “gross,” court documents …
Minnesota woman charged with stealing passport to go to Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 20-year-old Minnesota woman was charged on Tuesday with stealing a friend’s passport to travel to Syria, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
Utah students back in class after boy arrested in gun scare
(Reuters) – A day after a 16-year-old boy brought a gun to a Utah high school with plans to shoot a girl and others, prompting his arrest and a campus-wide evacuation, students were allowed to return to class on Tuesday, police said.
‘New Abolitionist’ anti-slavery campaign launches in NY: TRFN
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A coalition of more than 120 leaders in business, government, media, the arts and human rights on Tuesday launched a campaign to end human slavery and trafficking in New York State.
Power restored after massive outage hits downtown Detroit
DETROIT (Reuters) – A massive outage on Tuesday cut power for as long as six hours to public buildings in Detroit ranging from city hall to a criminal courthouse, scores of public schools and more than three dozen buildings at Wayne State University, o…
New York prepares for protests as grand jury mulls police choke-hold death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York officials were preparing for likely protests as a grand jury decides whether to charge police in the death of a black man subjected to a banned choke hold, but aimed to avoid the kind of violence that engulfed a St. Louis …
NY case highlights controversy of prior convictions in sentencing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In 2012, Randy Washington, a Bronx man with a history of arrests, faced a choice between a plea deal with a 10-year prison sentence or going to trial on robbery, narcotics and related charges.
