Judge in Colorado cinema rampage case allows second sanity exam at trial
DENVER (Reuters) – A judge overseeing the Colorado theater massacre case rejected a defense motion on Friday to have a second sanity examination administered to accused gunman James Holmes barred from his upcoming murder trial, court records show.
Lawyer for bin Laden son-in-law gets 1-1/2 years prison in tax case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A prominent New York defense lawyer who recently represented the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden was sentenced on Friday to 1-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to tax offenses.
Newtown massacre shooter indulged dark obsessions online, report says
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – By the time Adam Lanza massacred 26 children and adults at a Connecticut school two years ago, he was living in nearly complete isolation, communicating with no one except an online network of people obsessed with mass murder,…
Officials make preparations for Ferguson grand jury decision
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – Prosecutors made preparations to announce the eventual decision by a grand jury on whether to charge a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager and some local schools said on Friday they would close next wee…
Obama seeks support for immigration plan, blasts Boehner
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama defended his decision to bypass Congress and overhaul U.S. immigration policy on his own on Friday, saying he was forced to act because House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner would not let legislation…
New Jersey home shooting appears to be murder-suicide gone awry
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A day after a shooting in New Jersey that left two children dead and their mother and brother in critical condition, police said on Friday it appeared to be a murder-suicide attempt gone awry.
Transvaginal mesh trial losses put pressure on Boston Scientific
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Boston Scientific Corp’s back-to-back losses in the first two federal trials over its transvaginal mesh devices could drive up the cost of resolving thousands of similar lawsuits, according to legal experts.
Activists seek clemency for terminally ill Texas death row inmate
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Activists delivered a petition to Texas Governor Rick Perry on Friday with more than 100,000 signatures seeking the release of a death row inmate they say is terminally ill and only has weeks to live.
Four people injured in accident at Chicago Macy’s
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Four Macy’s employees were injured, one seriously, in a cooking accident after an aerosol can of butane got hot and ruptured at the Macy’s store in downtown Chicago on Friday morning, according to fire and store officials.
Indiana man beheaded in Syria remembered in Muslim prayer service
FISHERS Ind. (Reuters) – Muslims in Indiana held a funeral service on Friday for Abdul- Rahman Kassig, formerly known as Peter, who was beheaded by Islamic State militants in Syria after being held captive for a year.
