FBI, police arrest 50 in crackdown on Los Angeles gang
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – FBI agents and police targeting a Los Angeles street gang made 50 arrests on Tuesday, as prosecutors filed an indictment accusing the gang’s members of committing murders, robberies and drug crimes over a span of more than two d…
Oklahoma teen to testify for state in case of slain Australian
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Oklahoma filed a motion on Tuesday to dismiss a first-degree murder charge against an Oklahoma teenager who has agreed to testify for the state against two of his friends accused of fatally shooting an Australia…
Florida inmates accused in foiled shoot-and-sue scheme
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – Authorities in Florida charged two prison inmates on Tuesday with shooting themselves with a smuggled pistol in a foiled scheme to sue the state for their injuries in hopes of reducing their sentences.
Ex-Blackwater guards face jury over 2007 Baghdad shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former security guards for Blackwater Worldwide shot first at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007 and justified their actions later, federal prosecutors told a jury on Tuesday as the government began presenting its case over a shoot…
Oregon takes steps toward lawsuit over defunct health exchange website
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon is taking the next step toward a possible lawsuit against the company that developed the embattled Cover Oregon website as part of the implementation of the federal healthcare program known as Obamacare, state officials…
Chicago bomb plot defendant denied secret files by appeals court
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A federal appeals court has overruled a landmark lower court decision that allowed lawyers for a man accused of plotting to bomb a Chicago bar to see documents classified under a major U.S. spying law.
First black, openly gay man confirmed as U.S. federal judge
MIAMI (Reuters) – The United States’ first black, openly gay male judge was appointed to the federal bench on Tuesday in a unanimous confirmation decision by the U.S. Senate.
Groups file suit charging Alabama with inadequate prison medical care
(Reuters) – Two advocacy groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday charging that a pattern of inadequate medical and mental healthcare in Alabama prisons has contributed to inmate deaths and amounts to discrimination against disabled prisoners.
‘Nightmares’ plague circus performers injured in Rhode Island
BOSTON (Reuters) – Four circus performers, injured last month when an apparatus broke while suspending them 40 feet (12 meters) in the air by their hair, made their first public remarks since the accident on Tuesday with one saying she had nightmares o…
Pilot killed as small plane crashes in yard of New York home
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A small plane crashed in the yard of a home on New York’s Long Island on Tuesday morning, killing the pilot and scattering shards of glass across a room where a baby was sleeping in a crib, authorities said.
