Texas parents sue day care center for duct taping child to nap mat
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas couple has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a Fort Worth-area day care center seeking $1 million damages from the facility for duct-taping their 2-year-old son to a mat because he was unruly at nap time, their lawyer sai…
Body found at home of man who fatally shot wife at NJ hospital
(Reuters) – A body was found at the home of a man who earlier on Wednesday shot and killed his wife at a southern New Jersey hospital and then shot and wounded himself, a spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Mexican family files suit accusing U.S. agents in border death
(Reuters) – Relatives of a Mexican man they said was shot dead by U.S. agents on the Mexican side of the border in 2012 filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking $40 million damages from the United States for what the family claims was an excessive and ille…
Tennessee lawyer Barrett dies, a civil rights champion
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – George Barrett, a lawyer who waged a nearly four-decade battle for desegregation of Tennessee’s colleges and universities and represented student civil rights activists, has died at 86, a law firm partner said on Wednesday.
California would triple tax breaks for film production under deal
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California will triple its tax breaks for entertainment companies doing business in the state, the latest effort to stem a tide of runaway production that has cost billions in revenue in Hollywood’s home state under a deal…
Bankrupt Detroit offered bigger loan secured by art
(Reuters) – A New York-based specialty finance group is ready to loan Detroit as much as $4 billion, double its previous offer, if the bankrupt city uses the masterpieces in its art museum as collateral, according to a new proposal that surfaced this w…
Gay marriage issue lands at Florida Supreme Court
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – The hot topic of same-sex marriage was sent to the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case brought by two women appealing a Tampa judge’s denial of their divorce petition.
Gay marriage advocates ask top U.S. court to strike down state bans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a bold legal move, gay marriage advocates are urging the U.S. Supreme Court in three pending cases to decide once and for all whether states can ban same-sex unions.
Death certificates would reflect gender identity under California bill
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Death certificates in California would be changed to reflect the gender identity of people at the time of their death rather than their sex at birth under a bill passed by lawmakers on Wednesday, the latest effort by the s…
U.S. CDC says flies home staffer who had ‘low-risk’ contact with Ebola
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it flew an employee back to the United States from West Africa by chartered plane after the staff member came in contact with an international healthcare worker w…
