Alabama man sentenced in murder-for-hire plot to kill neighbor
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – An Alabama man who tried to hire members of the Ku Klux Klan to torture and murder his African-American neighbor was sentenced on Monday to six years in prison.
Fourth person charged in Oklahoma killing of Australian athlete
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma man was charged on Monday as an accessory after the fact in connection with the killing last summer of an Australian athlete who had been attending a state university, prosecutors said.
Nevada cattle rancher calls on local sheriffs to join his cause
BUNKERVILLE, Nevada (Reuters) – A Nevada rancher who succeeded in reclaiming his seized cattle from federal land managers over the weekend by rallying armed supporters called on local sheriffs across the country on Monday to join his crusade against go…
Ex-Ku Klux Klan leader charged in Kansas Jewish center killings
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (Reuters) – The suspect in the Passover Eve killings of three people at two Jewish community centers near Kansas City is a former Ku Klux Klan leader with a history of spewing vitriol against Jews, law enforcement officials said o…
Jury selected for U.S. trial of one-eyed, handless Islamic cleric
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eight men and four women will decide the fate of Egyptian-born radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri at his trial on charges of assisting in a 1998 kidnapping in Yemen and plotting to establish a training camp for militants in …
Convict gets life sentence for plot to decapitate U.S. judge, prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A convict was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for plotting to have a judge and a prosecutor decapitated and their heads preserved in formaldehyde as souvenirs, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office for …
CBO slightly lowers U.S. deficit estimates as health subsidies fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act will cost slightly less than previously thought, helping to slow down the forecast growth of U.S. deficits over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said on Mon…
Gay couples wed in Michigan want state to recognize marriages
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio must recognize the marriages of same-sex couples wed legally outside the state, a federal judge ruled on Monday in the latest in a string of decisions supporting an expansion of gay rights.
Lawyer for bin Laden son-in-law pleads guilty to tax charges
(Reuters) – A prominent New York defense lawyer who recently represented the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden has pleaded guilty to failing to file income taxes for six years.
Army general upholds Manning’s prison sentence in WikiLeaks case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. Army general has denied clemency for Chelsea Manning and upheld the former soldier’s 35-year prison sentence for providing secret files to WikiLeaks in the biggest breach of classified materials in U.S. history, the Army sai…
