Lawyer-turned-witness ordered to prison for U.S. tax fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former partner at defunct law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist, whom prosecutors have called the most important cooperating witness in the largest criminal tax fraud case in U.S. history, was sentenced on Wednesday to six months in prison.
Pennsylvania state police plan to fight U.S. discrimination suit
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – The commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police vowed on Wednesday to fight a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice contending that the physical fitness tests required of prospective state troopers discriminate ag…
Killer of actor Kelsey Grammer’s sister denied parole in Colorado
DENVER (Reuters) – A man convicted of murdering the sister of actor Kelsey Grammer in Colorado 34 years ago was denied parole on Wednesday, a day after Grammer testified against his release, authorities said.
U.S. turns back Central Americans, welcomes ‘dusty foot’ Cubans
WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) – Yasel Lopez’s journey to the United States was as harrowing as any endured by the thousands of people rounded up in recent months at the Mexican border – he survived days without food and water and the death of a companion …
Six Philadelphia narcotics officers arrested for robbing dealers
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – U.S. government agents arrested six Philadelphia narcotics officers on Wednesday on charges they robbed and in some cases kidnapped drug dealers, including dangling one over an 18th story balcony to force him to give up a compu…
Police arrest New Mexico man suspected of killing, marinating dog
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a New Mexico man suspected of extreme animal cruelty after he was accused of killing his ex-girlfriend’s puppy with a screwdriver then marinating it in preparation for eating it, authorities…
Third University of New Mexico football player suspended
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – The head football coach at the University of New Mexico has suspended a third team member in as many months after the player was arrested this week on charges of breaking into a former girlfriend’s apartment, a school spoke…
Michelle Obama says the ‘blood of Africa’ runs through her veins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – First lady Michelle Obama embraced her family’s African roots in a speech on Wednesday, telling a group of young Africans that the “blood of Africa” runs through her veins as she urged changing traditional beliefs on the worth of educating women.
Despite court ruling, no wedding bells for same-sex couples in South Carolina
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – Five gay couples were denied marriage licenses on Wednesday at a South Carolina courthouse as they offered a symbolic challenge to the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
Oregon hunting guide pleads guilty to injuring wild cats for easy kill
(Reuters) – An Oregon hunting guide accused of injuring or caging mountain lions and bobcats to make it easier for his clients to shoot and kill pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a U.S. Court in Denver to violating a federal wildlife law, prosecutors said…
