Judge awards $4.4 million to lawyers in Arizona racial profiling case
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday awarded more than $4.4 million to attorneys who won a long-running racial profiling case against the operations of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, although that pared the sum plaintiffs’ lawyers had sought by…
FBI probing Louisiana man’s suffocation death in fracas with police
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – The FBI is investigating the March suffocation death of a Louisiana man, a bureau spokeswoman said on Thursday, after a state agency reported he was heard saying he could not breathe while handcuffed and pinned down by police of…
South Carolina father accused of killing his five children
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina man was arrested on murder charges on Thursday after police said he killed his five children at their home, loaded their bodies in his vehicle, and drove to Alabama and dumped them in plastic trash bags in t…
Bankrupt San Bernardino, California, can cut firefighter benefits, judge says
RIVERSIDE Calif. (Reuters) – The city of San Bernardino, California, may impose cuts to its firefighters overtime and pension benefits in a bid to reach a bankruptcy exit plan, the federal judge overseeing the case said on Thursday.
U.S. Representative John Dingell, 88, released from hospital
(Reuters) – U.S. Representative John Dingell of Michigan, the longest- serving member of Congress ever, was released from a Detroit hospital on Thursday after being admitted earlier this week for abdominal pain.
Utah teacher shoots herself in leg with concealed weapon
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A Utah elementary school teacher with a state permit to carry a concealed firearm in class shot herself in the leg when the handgun went off, apparently by accident, while she was in a faculty restroom on Thursday, school dis…
St. Louis grand jury weighs charges in Ferguson shooting
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – The white officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in August, spurring a wave of violent protests, would be the first policeman charged for killing a suspect in St. Louis County in more than two decades.
Illinois sheriff admits misconduct in cyber stalking case, resigns
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A western Illinois county sheriff pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempted official misconduct and agreed to resign for attempting to cyber stalk an undocumented immigrant woman, officials said on Thursday.
Arkansas judge dismissed for disclosing details about Theron adoption
LITTLE ROCK Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas state judge who acknowledged posting on the Internet confidential information regarding an adoption by actress Charlize Theron was removed from office on Thursday by the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Over 20 Aryan Brotherhood members arrested in suspected Texas meth ring
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Federal and Texas authorities arrested 21 members of the white supremacist group Aryan Brotherhood on Thursday and charged them with running a methamphetamine distribution operation in the Waco area, a U.S. officials said.
