Iraq war vet hurt in California Occupy protest to get $4.5 million
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An Iraq War veteran critically wounded by police during an Occupy protest in 2011 will receive $4.5 million in a tentative settlement with the City of Oakland, the northern California city where he was hurt, attorneys said on …
Georgia lawmakers expand gun rights as medical marijuana bill dies
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia lawmakers approved a watered-down expansion of gun carry rights, but an effort aimed at legalizing medical marijuana for children with severe seizure disorders failed on Thursday, the final day of the state’s legislative ses…
Anti-abortion activist loses appeal over Ohio home raid
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court refused to hold members of the U.S. Marshals Service liable for raiding the home of an anti-abortion activist to enforce a money judgment favoring Planned Parenthood, but strongly criticized their tactics, saying the…
Texas Couple Readies For Life With New Quintuplets
DALLAS (Reuters) – Quintuplets born prematurely at a Dallas hospital this week are doing well, and their parents are looking forward to bringing their five babies home in six or seven weeks time.
Illinois Supreme Court strikes down eavesdropping law as too broad
(Reuters) – The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday struck down as unconstitutional a state eavesdropping law, one of the strictest in the United States, saying it criminalized recording a sweeping array of innocent behavior such as fans cheering at an …
High unemployment still haunting military veterans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Unemployment among U.S. military veterans eased last year, government data showed on Thursday, but remained far higher than the national average rate for the civilian population.
Florida executes man who used hammer to kill two female co-workers
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – A Florida man convicted of bludgeoning two women to death with a hammer and setting them on fire more than 26 years ago was executed on Thursday, a state prison official said.
Naval Academy midshipman acquitted in sex assault case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A judge acquitted a former Naval Academy football player on Thursday of sexually assaulting a drunken female midshipman, one of a number of sexual misconduct cases roiling the U.S. military.
Guantanamo board reviews case of ‘Dirty 30’ bin Laden bodyguard
ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) – A suspected Osama bin Laden bodyguard held at Guantanamo Bay military prison for 12 years on Thursday faced a U.S. national security board weighing whether he should remain in detention there.
Army general gets fine, no jail in sex case
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) – An Army general who admitted to an adulterous sexual affair and other improper relationships with junior female officers was spared jail and dismissal from the service on Thursday, a sentence critics decried as a …
