Manhattan DA announces $35 mln funding for rape kit backlog
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. pledged on Wednesday $35 million in funding to help eliminate the backlog of untested evidence in sexual assault cases, or “rape kits”, in cities across the United …
New York ex-cop acquitted on cannibalism plot gets supervised release
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Four months after a judge overturned his conviction for plotting to kidnap and cannibalize women, a former New York City policeman walked out of a federal courthouse on Wednesday on one-year supervised release for a conviction on a…
Gunnison sage grouse given federal protection in Colorado, Utah
DENVER (Reuters) – U.S. wildlife authorities listed the Gunnison sage grouse as threatened on Wednesday, disappointing environmental activists who wanted the species given greater protection, and politicians who did not want the federal government invo…
Five Massachusetts schools receive hoax bomb threats
BOSTON (Reuters) – Five schools in Massachusetts received near-simulataneous bomb threats on Wednesday, the most logged by state police this year.
Washington rabbi charged with voyeurism still being investigated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prosecutors and defense lawyers told a judge on Wednesday that a prominent Washington rabbi accused of secretly filming women taking ritual baths is still being investigated and there may be more victims, a spokesman for the U.S….
U.S. judge overturns South Carolina’s gay marriage ban
CHARLESTON S.C./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday struck down South Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage, ruling that the state is bound by a regional federal appeals court decision that struck down Virginia’s similar law.
Maryland county schools strip religious holidays from calendar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Maryland’s biggest school district has stripped references to religious holidays from next year’s calendar, removing Christmas, Easter, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah from the lineup of days off.
Family of Dallas Ebola victim reaches settlement with hospital
DALLAS (Reuters) – The family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the only person to die of Ebola in the United States, said on Wednesday it had reached a settlement with the hospital that had treated him and admitted to making mistakes in addressing his care.
U.S. judge: Detroit needs to put bankruptcy plan in motion
DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal judge said on Wednesday that implementation of Detroit’s plan to exit the biggest-ever U.S. municipal bankruptcy should be on the fast track.
U.S. weather agency reports cyber attacks on four websites
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. agency that operates the National Weather Service said on Wednesday four of its websites were hacked in recent weeks, becoming the latest federal agency to fall victim to a cyber attack.
