BP oil spill investor lawsuit in U.S. gets May 2015 trial date
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge set a May 2015 trial date on Friday for BP Plc to face claims in a lawsuit accusing the company of misleading investors about the severity of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
California bill makes egregious misconduct fireable offense for teachers
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Days after a Los Angeles judge ruled unconstitutional five California laws granting tenure and other job protections for public school teachers, lawmakers passed a measure adding “egregious misconduct” to the list of firea…
Federal judge could give green light to gay marriage in Wisconsin
MADISON Wis. (Reuters) – A federal judge could rule on Friday on whether gay marriages may be officiated in Wisconsin following her ruling last week declaring the state’s ban on same-sex weddings unconstitutional.
PF Chang’s swipes cards manually in U.S. after breach
(Reuters) – P.F. Chang’s China Bistro said it has begun manually swiping payment cards at all U.S. restaurants in the wake of a data breach to ensure that transactions are secure as investigators figure out how attackers accessed its systems.
U.S. Army says Bergdahl condition stable, has not met parents
SAN ANTONIO Texas (Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years as a Taliban prisoner of war before being released on May 31, was in stable condition at a military hospital in Texas and has not yet met his parents, military officia…
KFC investigating claim that disfigured girl was asked to leave restaurant
(Reuters) – The KFC restaurant chain said it was looking into complaints that the family of a Mississippi girl recovering from a pit bull attack was asked to leave a restaurant because her appearance frightened other customers.
Texas homeowner solves mansion cliff-hanger by burning down the house
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Demolition crews on Friday burned down a luxury house that had been left dangling 75 feet (23 meters) above a lake when a decaying cliff gave out underneath the abandoned structure.
Jailed Chicago man freed by DNA evidence faces new murder charge
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago man who served almost 32 years in prison for murder and rape before being exonerated by DNA evidence has been charged with murder in another case, officials said on Friday.
Police gun down bull on the loose in downtown Baltimore
(Reuters) – An escaped bull led Baltimore police on a 45-minute chase through downtown on Friday before officers gunned it down, police said.
Lethal drugs leaked in botched Oklahoma execution: report
(Reuters) – Oklahoma failed to properly insert an intravenous line to deliver lethal drugs to an inmate during a botched execution in April, bypassing strong veins in his arms and using a riskier entry point in the groin area, according to a preliminar…
