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.
Alabama teacher suspended after 6th graders re-enact Missouri shooting
(Reuters) – An Alabama teacher was suspended after her sixth-grade students re-enacted along racial lines the police shooting of Michael Brown, the black teenager whose killing in Ferguson, Missouri, has sparked nightly clashes, school officials said F…
National Guard starts to pull out of embattled Missouri town
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – National Guard troops began leaving Ferguson, Missouri, on Friday in a sign authorities are increasingly confident they have quelled the worst of the violence that erupted after a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed bl…
U.S. brings new charges against accused Silk Road creator
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have brought a trio of new charges against a Texas man accused of creating the underground online drug marketplace Silk Road.
U.S. court revives suit over Sturm coffee pod ‘knockoffs’
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday reinstated a lawsuit by consumers who said they were duped into buying substandard single-serve coffee cartridges made by Sturm Foods Inc for use in popular Keurig brewing machines.
Oregon sues Oracle, claiming fraud over failed Obamacare website
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – The state of Oregon sued Oracle America Inc. and six of its top executives Friday, accusing the software giant of fraud for failing to deliver a working website for the Affordable Care Act program.
Former Texas teacher gets 10 years for killing boy in hit-and-run
DALLAS (Reuters) – A former Texas school teacher was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison for killing a 6-year-old boy in a hit-and-run accident that prompted a highly publicized manhunt in 2013.
Penn ex-justice won’t have to send out photo of self in handcuffs
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – A former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice is studying an appeals court ruling that upheld her corruption conviction but released her from a requirement that she send a photo of herself in handcuffs to other judges, her lawy…
Washington Post editorial board no longer using word ‘Redskins’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Washington Post editorial board will generally avoid using the word “Redskins” when referring to Washington’s football team, it announced on Friday, saying the term denigrates Native Americans.
Utah teen arrested after bomb threats shut down school
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and local police arrested a 16-year-old Utah boy accused of making bomb threats and ransom demands over Skype that shut down the first day of classes at his former high school, authorities…
