Tennessee town may change name to ‘Rocky Top,’ judge rules
(Reuters) – A small eastern Tennessee city can go ahead and change its name to Rocky Top, a federal judge has ruled, rejecting a challenge from a company that owns the rights to the bluegrass-tinged official state song.
Fox TV network chief to depart after ratings slump
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Kevin Reilly, the top executive at Fox broadcast television, is leaving the network next month, the company said on Thursday, after Fox slumped to last place in ratings among the big U.S. broadcasters.
Judge says NYC not liable for suicide of bullied 12-year-old
ALBANY N.Y. (Reuters) – New York City cannot be held liable for the suicide of a 12-year-old boy bullied by classmates who thought he was gay since he did not kill himself at his school, a state judge has ruled.
Central American migrants in Texas flown to Arizona and released
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Authorities flew 400 people suspected of entering the United States illegally to Arizona over the weekend and released them at bus stops because detention facilities were full after a surge in migrants, U.S. officials said on Thursd…
Lawyers seek closed jury selection in Colorado theater shooting
CENTENNIAL Colo. (Reuters) – Prosecutors and the lawyers defending accused theater gunman James Holmes told a Colorado judge on Thursday that initial questioning of prospective jurors in the mass murder case should be closed to the public and media.
Man pleads guilty to intimidating Florida Republican voters in 2012 election
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Seattle man pleaded guilty on Thursday to identity fraud and voter intimidation for forged letters he sent to 200 Republican donors in Florida that told them they were ineligible to vote in the 2012 presidential election.
Texas woman gets 10 years in jail for animal torture videos
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A Texas woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for her role in making sexual fetish films called “crush videos” that show women using weapons and stiletto high heels to bludgeon and torture animals.
California top court says police must name officers in shootings
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that police departments in the state must as a general rule disclose the names of officers involved in shootings, despite claims by a police union that doing so would endanger their…
Lawmakers suggest NATO, not Russia, buy French warships
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers urged France on Thursday to cancel the sale of two advanced helicopter carrier ships to Russia and suggested that NATO buy or lease them instead.
Dozens in ‘Bricks R Us’ drug ring arrested in Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced the arrest on Thursday of 44 people with ties to a brazen gang that wore T-shirts boasting of their drug-dealing prowess.
