U.S. courts deny trafficking victims lost wages: study
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most victims of sex and labour trafficking in the United States fail to get any back pay, despite a U.S. law requiring courts to order convicted traffickers to pay their lost wages, a new study has found.
Mayor of Los Angeles suburb of Bell Gardens shot dead
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The mayor of a small Los Angeles suburb was shot dead by his wife on Tuesday but the woman was released without charge after being detained, the county sheriff’s department said.
Pennsylvania trooper shot dead during gun training
(Reuters) – The Pennsylvania State Police said a trooper was accidentally shot dead late on Tuesday during a training exercise at a facility outside Philadelphia.
Two drivers hit 10-year-old girl in Seattle, speed away
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle police said on Tuesday they were searching for two drivers who gravely injured a 10-year-old girl in back-to-back collisions and then “sped away” with her “still on the ground”.
Idaho polygamous sect member gets 90 days on child injury charges
SALMON Idaho (Reuters) – A member of a breakaway Mormon polygamous group on Tuesday was sentenced by a judge to 90 days in jail on child injury charges for the mistreatment of teenage boys placed in his Idaho home as discipline by the sect, a prosecuto…
Sister of accused Boston Marathon bombers pleads not guilty to bomb threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The sister of the accused Boston Marathon bombers pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges she made a threatening phone call to a woman, telling her she could “put a bomb where you live.”
Advocates file petition to legalize marijuana in Mississippi
(Reuters) – Marijuana advocates in Mississippi have filed a petition to put the legalization of recreational pot use on the politically conservative state’s 2016 ballot, state officials said Tuesday.
U.S. lawmakers rebuke Secret Service over White House breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Secret Service faced scathing criticism on Tuesday for the agency allowing an intruder with a knife to run into the White House, while details emerged of a separate security lapse involving an armed contracto…
Former TSA officer accused of secretly recording female co-worker
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – A former U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)officer accused of secretly recording video of a female co-worker inside an employee restroom at Nashville International Airport has been charged with several felonie…
Self-defense disputed at close of Florida trial over loud music shooting
JACKSONVILLE Fla. (Reuters) – A middle-aged white man on trial for murder in the shooting death of a black teenager during a dispute about loud music told a Florida jury on Tuesday he thought his life was in danger and showed little remorse as he descr…
