Holdout creditor in Stockton bankruptcy denied higher claim
(Reuters) – The judge in the bankruptcy case for the city of Stockton, California, denied a motion by a holdout creditor that would slightly increase the amount it would receive on its claim.
Oklahoma judge grills district over bringing football dispute to court
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma district judge quizzed school district lawyers on Wednesday over why they asked the court to decide the outcome of a disputed high school football playoff game, saying he will soon decide if a judicial remedy is in…
U.S. chokehold protesters ‘die-in’, issue demands in NY
BERKELEY, Calif./NEW YORK (Reuters) – Students at medical schools around the United States planned “die-ins” to protest the chokehold death by police of an unarmed black man and New York activists demanded the city take action after a grand jury declin…
California braces for high winds, heavy surf ahead of storm
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A major winter storm moved across the Pacific Ocean into Northern California on Wednesday and was expected to pummel the state with torrential rainfall, high winds and dangerous heavy surf over the next few days, the National We…
For CIA, fallout from Senate report looks far from over
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As outcry grows over its now-defunct brutal interrogation program, America’s spy agency appears caught in the crossfire of debate over its methods in the ongoing U.S. battle against Islamic militants and whether it has changed it…
Washington starts fiscal 2015 with rising tax collections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Total tax collections for Washington were 39.8 percent higher in October than the same month last year, according to a report released by the office of the District of Columbia’s chief financial officer on Wednesday.
Demonstrations aside, it’s not 1960s Berkeley any more
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Gray-haired activists still hand out leaflets on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, but the California university town that has seen violent protests over police killings of unarmed black men is a far cry from the leftist hotbed…
Psychologist says Senate report on CIA interrogation makes false charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the two psychologists who devised the CIA’s harsh Bush-era interrogation program for foreign terrorism suspects said on Wednesday that a scathing Senate report on their methods “took things out of context” and made a numbe…
U.S. closes Bagram prison, says it has no more detainees in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – The United States closed the Bagram detention facility on Dec. 10 and no longer has custody of any detainees in Afghanistan, the U.S. Defense Department said, closing a controversial chapter of Washington’s long “war on terror”.
Police body cameras carry risks without firm rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Civil rights activists and some police chiefs are warning that the Obama administration’s proposal to help local police departments buy 50,000 body cameras must come with firm rules on how to use the equipment.
