Tennessee death row inmates sue to stop electric chair
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – Tennessee death row inmates whose execution dates have been set filed suit on Friday against the state to stop it from using the electric chair.
Activists carry coffin of woman killed by Phoenix police
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Activists protesting the fatal shooting of a mentally ill woman by a Phoenix police sergeant last week carried her coffin to City Hall on Friday, demanding an independent investigation into her killing.
Exclusive: Amid Ferguson rage, council’s lone black member keeps low profile
FERGUSON Missouri (Reuters) – In many ways Dwayne James is a beacon of hope in Ferguson, which has been torn apart by racially charged riots. The only black councilman in a predominantly black town, James is widely respected even by political opponents…
Judge denies restraining order in San Francisco rent case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday denied a motion for a temporary restraining order that would have frozen for the plaintiffs a controversial San Francisco city law that makes landlords pay a hefty fee when evicting tenants to take pr…
Connecticut preschool teacher’s aide faces child porn charges
WILTON Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut preschool teacher’s aide has been charged with possessing and sharing child pornography, police said on Friday.
Florida judge approves new state congressional maps, no special elections
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida judge on Friday approved the new congressional maps redrawn by Republican legislative leaders in a lawsuit over gerrymandering, and ruled that he would not order a special election in affected districts.
U.S. undercover investigators among those exposed in data breach
BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A cyber attack at a firm that performs background checks for U.S. government employees compromised data of at least 25,000 workers, including some undercover investigators, and that number could rise, agency officials said…
Man freed on bail in Pennsylvania murder case after 25 years
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – A man whose murder conviction was quashed this summer was granted bail by a federal magistrate on Friday after nearly 25 years in a Pennsylvania prison on charges he had set a fire that killed his daughter at a Korean religio…
Oregon boy, 2, loses two fingers after falling on mall escalator
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – An unattended 2-year-old boy lost two fingers earlier this week after falling on an escalator at a Portland, Oregon-area mall and getting his hand caught in the mechanism, state investigators said on Friday.
California lawmakers pass measure requiring testing of rape kits
(Reuters) – Amid ongoing efforts to address a backlog of unanalyzed rape kits that go untested throughout the country, California lawmakers passed a bill on Friday requiring law enforcement to process the evidence within a certain time frame.
