Colorado judge denies bid to close jury selection in theater massacre case
DENVER (Reuters) – Jury selection in the murder trial of the man accused of killing 12 moviegoers at a Colorado cinema in 2012 will be open to the public, the judge overseeing the case ruled on Wednesday.
Appeals court limits police use of cell phone location data
MIAMI (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday that cell phone tower tracking data used to convict a Miami man for a string of arm robberies that resulted in a 162-year prison sentence violated his constitutional right of privacy.
California 10-year-old boy with high IQ graduates high school
(Reuters) – A 10-year-old home-schooled California boy with presidential ambitions, who at age 4 became one of the youngest Americans admitted to high IQ society Mensa, has graduated from high school, his mother said on Wednesday.
California officials debate whether to defend teacher protections
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California officials were wrangling on Wednesday over whether to appeal a court ruling that overturned some job protections for public school teachers and could change the way educators are hired and fired in the most popu…
Sale of Philadelphia newspapers caps off wrangling, legal fights
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Philadelphia’s two biggest newspapers were formally sold on Wednesday to a former cable television executive, capping months of power struggles and legal battles complicated by the recent death of one of the owners in an airpla…
Trade group, franchisees sue to block Seattle minimum wage hike
(Reuters) – A trade group sued the city of Seattle on Wednesday, seeking to block a sharp hike in the minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next seven years on the grounds that it unfairly favors small businesses over larger employers and franchises.
New psych ward to open on California’s death row : report
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Under pressure to improve mental health treatment for inmates in California’s massive prison system, officials plan to build a new psychiatric ward to provide inpatient mental health care for prisoners on death row, accord…
Maine man, 77, pleads insanity in 2012 double murder over snow shoveling
PORTLAND Maine (Reuters) – A 75-year-old man who police say shot and killed two teenagers in Maine after a dispute over shoveling snow in a parking lot will plead not guilty by reason of insanity, according to the state attorney general’s office.
Embalming fluid tanker crash prompts Virginia evacuation
(Reuters) – A crash involving a tank truck carrying 8,000 gallons of embalming fluid forced the evacuation of almost 20 homes in southwest Virginia on Wednesday, authorities said.
Wisconsin girl in ‘Slenderman’ stabbing to have competency test
WAUKESHA Wis. (Reuters) – One of two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls accused of luring a friend into the woods and stabbing her repeatedly to please a fictional Internet character will undergo a mental competency exam, a circuit court commissioner ordered …
