Georgia man’s death sentence commuted a day before scheduled execution
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The day before he was due to die by lethal injection, a man on Georgia’s death row was granted clemency and his sentence commuted to life without parole on Wednesday by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles.
U.S. House Republicans seek CDC documents on anthrax scare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans asked the Obama administration on Wednesday to provide documents related to last month’s anthrax scare at a U.S. lab, where more than 80 people were initially feared to be exposed to the deadly pathogen….
Mexican train derails, stranding 1,300 migrants headed toward U.S.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A cargo train used by Mexicans and Central Americans to travel toward the U.S. border derailed in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Wednesday, stranding about 1,300 migrants, emergency services said.
Obama rejects criticism over border crisis
DALLAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama rejected demands from Texas Governor Rick Perry and others that he visit the border where a child migrant crisis is unfolding and said his critics should get behind his request for $3.7 billion if th…
New Orleans-area school district agrees to rules protecting Hispanics
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A New Orleans-area school district reached a deal with federal officials on Wednesday to make changes that address allegations of discrimination against Hispanic students and parents.
‘American Sniper’ says punched ex-Minnesota governor Ventura
ST. PAUL Minn. (Reuters) – A Navy SEAL accused of defaming former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura and who died last year said in a videotaped deposition played Wednesday at a trial that he encountered a loud and belligerent Ventura at a bar in 2006 an…
Judge strikes down Colorado gay marriage ban, stays ruling
DENVER (Reuters) – A state judge struck down Colorado’s gay marriage ban on Wednesday, saying the prohibition violated constitutional rights, but put his ruling on hold pending appeal.
L.A. Dodgers must pay $15 million to baseball fan beaten at stadium
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A jury on Wednesday found the Los Angeles Dodgers negligent in a 2011 assault on a fan at their stadium that left him permanently disabled, ordering the team to pay some $15 million in civil damages but clearing the former club …
Obama urges Congress to pass migrant funding request quickly
DALLAS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to pass his request quickly for $3.7 billion in funds to address the influx of unaccompanied migrant children from Central America crossing the U.S. border.
Former U.S. Marine jailed in Mexico since March appears in court
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A former U.S. Marine held for more than three months in a Mexican jail on weapons charges appeared in court in the border city of Tijuana on Wednesday, his lawyers said.
