No charges for now against NASCAR’s Stewart in fatal crash: sheriff
(Reuters) – There is currently no evidence that NASCAR champion driver Tony Stewart committed a crime when he struck and killed a fellow driver in a weekend race, the Sheriff of Ontario County, New York, said on Monday.
Nebraska court ruling on Keystone XL pipeline not expected until 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Nebraska Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a dispute over the planned route for the Keystone XL pipeline but a court ruling on the controversial project is likely to be delayed until the new year, lawyers and activist…
Judge OKs access to trailer for defense lawyers in N.H. kidnap case
MANCHESTER N.H. (Reuters) – A judge has ordered that attorneys for the man accused of kidnapping a New Hampshire teenager who mysteriously reappeared last month must be given greater access to his mobile home and a nearby shipping container.
Man arrested in New York accused of supporting Islamist rebels: CBS
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have accused a man arrested on gun charges at a New York City airport of sympathizing with Islamic State militants, CBS News reported on Monday.
Python caught in Florida is chief suspect in mystery of missing cats
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – The evidence is circumstantial but the case looks strong. Multiple cats missing without a trace, a freshly killed body, and one well-fed, 120-pound Burmese python lurking in the Florida underbrush.
Atlanta educators face trial in widespread cheating scandal
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The trial of a dozen former Atlanta educators charged in one of the nation’s largest school test-cheating scandals began on Monday, a case receiving wide attention as similar cheating accusations blemish schools across the United St…
Attorneys for Glenn Beck ask judge to toss suit tied to Boston bombing
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for U.S. television commentator Glenn Beck on Monday asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit charging their client with defamation for wrongly accusing a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing of being the “money man” behind the …
Police investigating whether rabbi’s Miami killing a hate crime
MIAMI BEACH Fla. (Reuters) – Police in Miami investigating the killing of a 60-year-old Orthodox rabbi over the weekend said on Monday they haven’t yet decided whether the shooting was a hate crime.
Husband of missionary with Ebola returns to U.S. under quarantine
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – Three missionaries, including the husband of a missionary being treated for Ebola in Atlanta, will be temporarily quarantined in North Carolina to ensure they did not contract the deadly virus while in Liberia, their Chri…
Illinois man gets life in beating deaths of toddler, three others
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois man received four life sentences for bludgeoning to death four people including a toddler during a weeklong, two-state crime spree in 2008, the state attorney general said on Monday.
