Oklahoma judge allows law banning abortion pills to take effect
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma judge said on Wednesday he will allow a law that bans abortion-inducing drugs to take effect as planned on Nov. 1, over the objections of abortion rights advocates who said the measure is poor public health policy …
California venture firm does not have to release documents in discrimination suit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California’s privacy laws have saved a high-profile venture capital firm from having to release potentially embarrassing information about a former partner in a discrimination lawsuit by a former female partner.
U.S. Secret Service blasted for sending agents to employee’s house
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Government investigators faulted the Secret Service on Wednesday for pulling agents from their posts near the White House and sending them to the home of an agency employee involved in a private dispute in 2011.
Detroit can survive after bankruptcy but large risks loom: expert
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit’s relatively fast move through municipal bankruptcy has resulted in costly creditor settlements and too little emphasis on fixing the city’s broken operations, a restructuring expert testified in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Wed…
Suspected serial killer silent at Indiana court hearing
CROWN POINT Ind. (Reuters) – Serial killer suspect Darren Vann was silent on Wednesday at a preliminary court hearing in Lake County, Indiana, and the judge warned him he could be held in contempt and ordered him to appear again next week to be informe…
Researchers find German U-boat, ship it sank off U.S. coast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The wreck of a World War Two German U-boat and a freighter it sank 72 years ago have been discovered off the North Carolina coast by U.S. researchers, officials said.
Kerry says no deal made with North Korea in release of American
BERLIN/SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday there had been no deal with North Korea in the release of one of three detained Americans but that Washington was willing to resume talks if the reclusive country took steps …
Boyfriend leads police to pregnant Ohio woman’s remains
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man who confessed to killing his pregnant girlfriend and burning down their Columbus apartment led authorities to her body early Wednesday, Ohio police said.
Wisconsin judge orders competency hearing for girl in ‘Slenderman’ case
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A judge on Wednesday ordered a competency hearing for one of two Wisconsin pre-teen girls accused of stabbing a friend in an attempt to please the fictional Internet character “Slenderman.”
U.S. regulators expand number of vehicles affected by Takata recalls
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators on Wednesday expanded the number of vehicles in the United States that may be affected by recalls for potentially defective Takata Corp air bags that could spray shrapnel at occupants.
