California senate suspends three lawmakers in criminal probes
(Reuters) – The California state Senate suspended three Democratic lawmakers on Friday who have been the subject of criminal probes, including Leland Yee, who was arrested this week in an FBI sweep on corruption and gun trafficking charges.
Chemical spill injures nine at Rolls-Royce plant in Indiana
(Reuters) – Nine employees were injured Friday in a release of nitric acid from a 250 gallon tank at a Rolls-Royce aviation engine plant in Indianapolis, authorities said.
Lawyers for accused Boston bomber seek secret data on dead brother
BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for the accused Boston Marathon bomber on Friday asked a judge to order U.S. prosecutors to hand over more information, including surveillance data, on his late older brother in order to assess the relative blame of each man …
Louisiana faced with revealing lethal injection details to inmate
(Reuters) – The Louisiana Department of Corrections does not plan to appeal a U.S. Court decision this week that compels it to reveal to inmates on death row the content and maker of drugs used in lethal injections, a prisons official said on Friday.
Court finds fault with federal water transfer regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday threw out a federal regulation that allowed government agencies to transfer water between different water bodies, such as rivers and lakes, without needing to safeguard for pollution.
Oklahoma arrests woman for triple murder committed 22 years ago
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma police on Friday arrested a 67-year-old woman suspected of murdering two women and a child who went missing more than 20 years ago and whose skeletal remains were discovered in 2013.
Nine officers removed, one resigns in Air Force cheating probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the nuclear missile wing at a base in Montana resigned on Thursday and nine officers were removed from their jobs over a test-cheating scandal that involved 91 missile launch officers, the Air Force said.
Los Angeles couple get three years in jail in Qatar for death of adopted child
DOHA (Reuters) – A Los Angeles couple was sentenced to three years in jail in Qatar on Thursday for causing the death of their adopted African-born daughter, who was found to have died of starvation, in a case that has raised concern in Washington.
Injunction eased so PA fracking foe can go to hospital, grocery
SUNBURY, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – A judge on Friday loosened an injunction restricting the movements of a Pennsylvania anti-fracking activist to allow her access to her local hospital, grocery and other places declared off-limits because they sat atop …
U.S. college, athletes wanting to unionize face long battle
(Reuters) – Northwestern University football players who tentatively won the right to unionize are digging in for a lengthy legal and political battle with the Illinois school that could reshape the multimillion-dollar sports business U.S. colleges hav…
