Missouri gun owner wins apology from police in dispute over video
(Reuters) – A Missouri man who ran into trouble with police when shooting his gun on his family’s property and then was ordered to take a video of the incident off the Internet has won an apology from the local police chief and settled his lawsuit agai…
Mother who documented son’s illness charged with his murder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A single mother in New York state who documented the medical struggles of her 5-year-old son on social media has been charged with murdering him by putting a toxic dose of sodium in his feeding tube.
U.S. says cable, fiber Internet speeds mostly as hyped; DSL lags
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. cable and fiber Internet providers generally deliver the download speeds they advertise, though not consistently, while DSL connections increasingly fail to meet promised speeds, the Federal Communications Commission said on…
Holdout creditors in Detroit bankruptcy question secret order
(Reuters) – A group of holdout creditors is asking the federal judge overseeing Detroit historic bankruptcy case to unseal an unusual secret mediation order made last week so that they can understand the terms of mediation.
Charges dismissed against Tennessee student choked while handcuffed
(Reuters) – A judge on Wednesday dismissed charges against a Tennessee college student whose choking while handcuffed was captured in internationally circulated pictures and led to the dismissal of a sheriff’s deputy.
NY man on trial for rape accusations in stepdaughter’s college essay
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A jury on Wednesday deliberated the fate of a New York man on trial for rape after his stepdaughter wrote in her college application essay about being sexually abused by him as a child.
Scarfo organized crime case goes to jury in New Jersey
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A federal jury in New Jersey on Wednesday began deliberating the fate of reputed mobster Nicodemo Scarfo Jr. in an alleged organized-crime takeover of a Texas-based mortgage company.
South Carolina teen fights to wear makeup in his DMV license photo
(Reuters) – A national transgender advocacy group has asked South Carolina officials to retake the driver’s license photo of a teenager who says his free speech rights were violated when he was not allowed to wear makeup for his original picture.
Lawyers for ex-NFL star Hernandez seek to have search tossed out
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez argued in court on Wednesday that evidence seized from his home should not be allowed in his upcoming trial on charges of murdering an associate because police lacked cau…
Philadelphia prosecutor to tackle political corruption case
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The Philadelphia district attorney said on Wednesday his office is taking over a controversial political corruption case that the Pennsylvania attorney general declined to prosecute.
