Alabama federal judge charged with wife-beating to seek treatment
(Reuters) – An Alabama federal district court judge charged with beating his wife has sought counseling and plans to enter a residential treatment program in the coming days, his attorney said Wednesday.
Boston bomb suspect’s friend to plead guilty to obstruction: lawyer
BOSTON (Reuters) – A friend of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused of removing evidence from Tsarnaev’s dormitory room, has agreed to plead guilty to charges of obstructing the investigation into the blasts, his attorney said on…
Obama condemns killing of reporter, U.S. hits militants in Iraq
BAGHDAD/EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama expressed revulsion on Wednesday at the beheading of an American journalist by Islamist militants and vowed the United States would do what it must to protect its citizens as international…
U.S. Ex-Im Bank backers pin hopes on temporary reauthorization
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Business backers of the U.S. Export-Import Bank said on Wednesday they hope the institution’s charter will be extended temporarily while Congress hashes out a longer-term reauthorization of the bank, which some lawmakers are bent…
NYC mayor turns to clergy to heal rift over police choke hold
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio turned to the city’s religious leaders on Wednesday to help heal relations between minority communities after a black man on Staten Island died last month after police put him in a choke hold.
SeaWorld drops appeal in safety ruling over dead orca trainer
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – SeaWorld Entertainment has ended its appeal of a federal safety agency’s citation in connection with the 2010 death of one of its killer whale trainers, the company has told investors.
Maryland trooper suspended after accused of being naked in bar
(Reuters) – A Maryland State Police trooper has been put on administrative suspension after sheriff’s deputies responded to a call reporting a naked man drinking at a bar in a barbecue restaurant, authorities said on Wednesday.
Police interest in wearable cameras spikes after Ferguson shooting
(Reuters) – Digital Ally Inc has been busy fielding a rush of enquiries from U.S. police departments this past week about its wearable cameras, following the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager that triggered large-scale rioting.
Woman sentenced in plot to steal U.S. nuclear secrets
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – A 71-year-old former contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison after admitting conspiring with her physicist husband to sell U.S. nuclear secrets, prosecutors said…
Ohio clinic to halt surgical abortions due to 2013 state law
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A suburban Cincinnati clinic will stop performing surgical abortions as a result of a 2013 state law that bars agreements to move women needing emergency care to public hospitals, an attorney for the clinic said on Wednesday.
