Arizona congressional candidate takes on Cesar Chavez name
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez may have died 21 years ago, but his name will live on thanks to a political unknown apparently trying to capitalize on his legacy.
Florida judge seeks anger management help after courthouse brawl
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida judge accused of punching an assistant public defender after telling him “stop pissing me off” is stepping down temporarily for anger management counseling.
Saudi airman convicted in rape of boy in Las Vegas seeks new trial
(Reuters) – Attorneys for a Saudi Air Force sergeant convicted last year in the rape of a 13-year-old boy at a Las Vegas hotel have asked the judge for a new trial, saying that a key witness has recanted his trial testimony.
San Francisco ‘sickout’ by transit workers continues to stall commuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco’s bus and train system was snarled for a second day on Tuesday, despite more drivers reporting for work amid a sickout to protest stalled contract talks, officials said.
Hundreds arrested in New Jersey heroin sweep
(Reuters) – More than 300 people have been arrested in a heroin sweep in northern New Jersey that netted more than $350,000 worth of the drug, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Exclusive: Guinea-Bissau’s ex-navy chief pleads guilty in U.S. drug case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s former navy chief, captured in a high-profile drug sting on the West African coast, has secretly pleaded guilty ahead of a trial on charges he conspired to import narcotics into the United States, court sources said…
U.S. reconstitutes group to fight homegrown extremists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is reviving a law enforcement group to investigate those it designates as domestic terrorists, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
In Wisconsin stabbing, accused girls describe Internet bogeyman
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Almost immediately after stabbing her classmate in the woods in suburban Milwaukee at the weekend, Anissa Weier, 12, had some regrets, according to a criminal complaint charging her and another 12-year-old girl with attempted murd…
California PR man arrested after bomb materials found: FBI
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Bomb materials found in the apartment of a San Francisco public relations consultant arrested after a manhunt included equipment that could have allowed him to detonate a device from afar, court papers showed on Tuesday.
Brakes applied on plane that crashed in Massachusetts
BOSTON (Reuters) – The brakes of a private jet that caught fire and crashed as it tried to take off on Saturday, killing seven people near Boston, had been applied at the time of the accident, a U.S. transportation official said on Tuesday.
