State lawyers don’t have to defend gay marriage bans: Holder
(Reuters) – The United States’ top law enforcement official has launched into the divisive gay marriage debate by telling a newspaper his state counterparts do not have to defend laws and bans in court that they think are discriminatory.
Budget cuts to slash U.S. Army to smallest since before World War Two
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Monday it would shrink the U.S. Army to pre-World War Two levels, eliminate the popular A-10 aircraft and reduce military benefits in order to meet 2015 spending caps, setting up an election-year fight with t…
Plan for ballpark near historic Virginia slave market site advances
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – A controversial plan to build a minor league baseball stadium near the historic site of a slave marketplace and burial ground in Virginia’s capital cleared another hurdle on Monday night as the Richmond City Council gave …
California lawmaker pleads innocent to corruption charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California state senator pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he took bribes from a businessman as well as from undercover FBI agents posing as Hollywood film executives to shepherd legislation in their favor.
Parents of dead teen vow to fight Florida’s self-defense law
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – The parents of Jordan Davis, a Florida teenager who was killed by a middle-aged man in a gas station dispute over loud rap music, plan to campaign to reform the state’s self-defense law that they blame for their son’s …
Amanda Bynes pleads no contest in 2012 drunken driving case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former teen star Amanda Bynes on Monday pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor driving offense in Los Angeles stemming from a 2012 accident in which she struck a sheriff’s patrol car.
Budget cuts to slash U.S. Army to smallest since before World War Two
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Monday it would shrink the U.S. Army to pre-World War Two levels, eliminate the popular A-10 aircraft and reduce military benefits in order to meet 2015 spending caps, setting up an election-year fight with t…
Pill mix-up led to Kennedy ‘drugged driving’ trial: defense
WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) – A Kennedy family member’s groggy behavior after her 2012 arrest for side-swiping a tractor trailer in New York was not the result of a criminal act but of mistakenly taking a sleeping pill instead of thyroid medicatio…
U.S. freezes assets of work-at-home Web firms promising thousands
(Reuters) – A U.S. district court in Utah has frozen the assets of several Internet business coaches accused of lying to customers about their potential earnings after signing up for the services, the Federal Trade Commission said on Monday.
U.S. court voids Indiana school’s short hair rule for boys
(Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court on Monday said an Indiana school district’s policy requiring that boys who want to play interscholastic basketball cut their hair short violated federal equal protection laws.
