Woman found in Massachusetts home with dead babies charged with murder
BOSTON (Reuters) – A 31-year-old Massachusetts woman who authorities discovered living with the bodies of three dead babies tucked inside a closet in her rodent-infested house was charged on Tuesday with two counts of murder, prosecutors said.
Texas jury considers death penalty in revenge plot killing
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas jury that convicted a former justice of the peace of murdering a suburban Dallas prosecutor’s wife in a revenge plot began deliberations on Tuesday in the penalty phase of the trial, in which it could sentence him to death.
Convicted killer Jodi Arias was mystery witness at her sentencing retrial
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Convicted murderer Jodi Arias was the mystery witness allowed to testify in secret at her sentencing retrial in Arizona because of fears for her safety after her lawyers said she received death threats, court papers showed on Tuesda…
Lawyer in New York jail ‘soap ball’ death disputes photo evidence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawyer for a former New York City jail captain asked jurors on Tuesday to discount graphic photos they were shown of a mentally ill inmate who died in 2012 after swallowing corrosive detergent known as a soap ball.
Former Miami-area mayor found guilty in mortgage fraud scheme
MIAMI (Reuters) – A federal jury in Florida found a former Miami-area mayor guilty of six counts of wire fraud on Tuesday, part of a scheme that used straw buyers and false mortgage applications to collect millions from lenders.
FBI joins probe into death of Mississippi woman burned alive
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – Federal investigators have joined local and state authorities to probe the death of a 19-year-old woman burned alive, a county sheriff said on Tuesday, in a case that has stymied police and horrified residents of a small Miss…
U.S. appeals court denies prisoner’s right to tax-funded sex change
BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a lower-court decision that a Massachusetts prisoner suffering from gender identity disorder was entitled to receive a taxpayer-funded sex change operation.
Judge declares Obama immigration action unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s new plan to ease the threat of deportation for 4.7 million undocumented immigrants violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge found on Tuesday, handing down the first legal ruling against the plan.
N.Y. Times reporter ordered to answer questions in CIA leak case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered New York Times reporter James Risen to appear in court to answer questions about his book detailing a failed CIA effort to undermine Iran’s nuclear weapons program, in a case that has become a t…
China buyers in deals for more than 1 million tonnes of U.S. soy
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chinese buyers signed nine contracts for a total of more than 1 million tonnes (1.1 million tons) of U.S. soybeans at a ceremony in Chicago on Tuesday.
