Florida judge in Casey Anthony trial returns to private practice
ORLANDO Fla (Reuters) – The Florida judge who presided over the Casey Anthony murder trial in 2011 started a new job as a personal injury lawyer on Tuesday, two days after he retired from the bench.
South Carolina boy sues over makeup removal for driver’s license photo
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – The mother of a South Carolina teenager who says he was ordered to remove his makeup for his driver’s license photograph filed suit on Tuesday against the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles on civil rights grounds. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Chase Culpepper, 16, who regularly wears makeup and women’s clothing, pits transgender rights against the state’s ability to determine when a person’s appearance has been altered to the point of misrepresentation in an o
Six Cubans land in Texas after drifting across Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Six men who identified themselves as Cubans have landed on a Texas coastal island after the engine failed on their boat, causing it to drift for more than two weeks across the Gulf of Mexico before reaching shore, authorities said o…
Judge denies hold-out Detroit creditor motions to block evidence
DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday denied motions by two bond insurance companies that sought to block Detroit from presenting certain evidence at a key hearing on the city’s plan to exit bankruptcy.
U.S. appeals court upholds Indiana’s right-to-work law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The validity of an Indiana state law that bars companies from requiring workers to join a union and pay union dues was affirmed on Tuesday by a U.S. appeals court in a win for “right to work” advocates.
Securing release of Americans held in North Korea a top priority: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Securing the release of the three Americans detained in North Korea is a top priority, the White House said on Tuesday.
Photos of alleged 9/11 ’20th hijacker’ can stay classified: court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday said photos of a Saudi national imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay who U.S. officials have said intended to be the “20th hijacker” in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks should stay classified, in the interest o…
Pentagon: death of al Shabaab leader in U.S. strike would be major blow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon is assessing whether an airstrike on an encampment in Somalia killed al Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, but if confirmed the militant’s death would represent a “very significant” blow to the group, the Pentagon sai…
New York’s Evans Bank accused of denying loans to African-Americans
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Regional New York bank Evans Bancorp was accused of illegally discriminating against African-Americans in Buffalo by denying them mortgages in a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general on Tuesday.
Texas voter ID trial opens in U.S. court
(Reuters) – A U.S. court in Texas heard arguments on Tuesday in a case over a law requiring voters to present photo identification, a move the state’s Republican leaders say will prevent fraud while plaintiffs call it an attempt at suppressing minority…
