Judge strikes down Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution and must be overturned, a federal judge ruled on Friday in the latest in a series of court decisions to allow gay couples to wed.
Ohio rejects death row inmate’s organ donation request
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio rejected a request from a death row inmate to donate a kidney to his mother, saying there was not enough time for transplant surgery ahead of the execution.
Couple in U.S. lived on yacht, collected welfare: prosecutor
(Reuters) – A couple who collected food stamps and other public assistance from Minnesota while living on a yacht in Florida were being sought on fraud charges, prosecutors said on Friday.
Investigations clear FBI agent in Florida shooting-official
WASHINGTON/ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Investigators have concluded that an FBI agent should be cleared of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Chechen immigrant while he was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing s…
Four dead, three critically hurt in Jersey Shore motel fire
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, New Jersey (Reuters) – An early morning fire tore through a Jersey Shore motel popular with fishermen on Friday, killing four people and critically injuring three others, law enforcement officials said.
Connecticut chimp attack victim seeks right to sue state
HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – A woman whose face and hands were ripped off by a friend’s pet chimpanzee in 2009 came to the Connecticut State Capitol on Friday to ask permission to sue the state for $150 million in damages.
Transport chief asks for review of government GM probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx asked the department’s inspector general on Friday to review whether the government’s auto safety agency had properly investigated reports of ignition problems in recalled General Motors…
U.S. IRS audited fewer wealthy Americans in 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Friday that it audited fewer high-income Americans in 2013 than it did in 2012 or 2011, while it conducted more audits of people with no income.
California third-grader accused in sex assault of classmate
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California police were looking into allegations that a third-grade boy repeatedly sexually assaulted a classmate at their elementary school, and two teachers have been put on leave as an investigation proceeds, a district spokes…
Hearing on UAW vote at Tennessee VW plant vote April 21
(Reuters) – The United Auto Workers (UAW) union will make its case on April 21 that the results of a February election it lost at a Chattanooga, Tennessee Volkswagen plant should be thrown out.
