Vatican report on U.S. nuns is conciliatory, stresses teachings
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A keenly-awaited Vatican report prompted partly by concerns over a secular mentality among some Roman Catholic nuns in the United States praised them on Tuesday for their social and educational work but urged them to stick clos…
Gay veterans’ group says to march in Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade
BOSTON (Reuters) – The leader of a Boston group of gay U.S. military veterans said on Tuesday his organization had reached a deal to march in the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, which has long banned openly gay groups.
Wal-Mart must pay $188 million in workers’ class action
(Reuters) – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc to pay $188 million to employees who had sued the retailer for failing to compensate them for rest breaks and all hours worked.
Texas Rangers investigate officer who killed suspect holding spoon
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Rangers are investigating an incident in Texarkana in which a police officer responding to a reported burglary fatally shot a suspect who was holding a spoon, officials said on Tuesday.
Friend of accused Boston bomber may plead guilty in gun, drug case
BOSTON (Reuters) – A high school friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber charged with possessing a gun that prosecutors believe may have been used by the suspects in the 2013 attack may change his plea in the case to guilty, according to a court f…
Filmmaker Polanski’s lawyers seek sex crime case dismissal: U.S. newspapers
(Reuters) – Lawyers for filmmaker Roman Polanski are seeking to have a case involving a 1977 charge of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl dismissed, U.S. newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Bill Cosby’s wife defends him from sex assault claims
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Camille Cosby, the wife of comedian Bill Cosby, on Monday defended her husband from weeks-long accusations brought by more than a dozen women alleging that the groundbreaking entertainer sexually assaulted them decades ago.
Suspect in six Pennsylvania killings is target of manhunt
LOWER SALFORD, Penn. (Reuters) – An Iraq war veteran suspected of killing six family members, including his 14-year-old niece, in a shooting spree in communities near Philadelphia was being sought on Monday by Pennsylvania police.
Florida asks Supreme Court to block gay marriage
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi asked the U.S. Supreme Court late on Monday to block same-sex marriage in the state next month while the state continues its legal defense of its constitutional definition of marriage as a he…
Georgia city reverses course, approves mosque in shopping center
ATLANTA (Reuters) – City officials in an Atlanta suburb voted on Monday night to allow Muslim residents to open a mosque in a local shopping center, reversing, under threat of a lawsuit, a decision made two weeks earlier.
