Texas mass murder suspect collapses in court as crime recounted
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The man accused of killing six members of his former wife’s family, including four children, at their suburban Houston home collapsed in court on Friday when details of the crime were read aloud and was wheeled out in an office chai…
Ex-California pension fund CEO pleads guilty in federal conspiracy case
(Reuters) – A former chief executive of the largest U.S. public pension fund pleaded guilty to bribery and fraud as part of a federal conspiracy case on Friday.
California high court softens ‘three strikes’ law
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California’s highest court has softened implementation of the state’s “three-strikes-and-you’re-out” criminal sentencing law, marking the second time the rules for identifying and imprisoning career criminals have been loo…
Ex-city official in California sentenced to one year in jail in corruption case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former elected official from the scandal-plagued California city of Bell was sentenced on Friday to one year in jail for inflating his salary by sitting on bogus boards, prosecutors said.
U.S. Medicaid enrollment nears 7 million since Obamacare rollout
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New enrollments in Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion and other healthcare programs for the poor have reached 6.7 million people since the launch of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms last year, the administration said on Fr…
Case of Pennsylvania sheriff accused of assault nears a close
BEAVER Penn. (Reuters) – Testimony concluded on Friday in the trial of a western Pennsylvania sheriff accused of threatening to beat up and shoot a local online reporter in the head.
Ex-Minnesota governor: no fight with ‘American Sniper’ author
ST PAUL Minn. (Reuters) – Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura said Friday he has not been in a fight in decades as he took the stand in his trial accusing a former Navy SEAL sniper of making up a 2006 altercation between them described in a best-se…
Thousands may telecommute in case of New York train strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of New Yorkers could work from home instead of commuting in a plan laid out by transportation officials on Friday to address the threat of a strike at the Long Island Rail Road.
New York man who threatened ex-President Bush gets house arrest
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man arrested for threatening to kill former President George W. Bush was sentenced to six months of home confinement on Friday.
White House trims 2014 deficit projection to $583 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House lowered its U.S. federal deficit forecast for the 2014 fiscal year by $66 billion to $583 billion on Friday on the basis of gathering economic momentum as evidenced by gains in hiring.
