California case challenges teacher job protection laws
(Reuters) – Closing arguments were set to begin Thursday in a closely watched California legal case that could change the way public school teachers are hired and fired in the most populous U.S. state.
Montana bride accused in husband’s cliff death to be sentenced
(Reuters) – A Montana bride who shoved her husband of eight days off a cliff at Glacier National Park is due to be sentenced on Thursday, and a judge was expected to rule on a defense motion to withdraw her guilty plea to a second-degree murder charge….
Texas set to execute man who killed food delivery woman with bat
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas is set to put to death convicted murderer Anthony Doyle on Thursday as it keeps steady its pace of executions while other states have had to postpone capital punishments because they cannot obtain drugs used in lethal in…
U.S. database for tracking Medicaid frauds falls short, auditor says
(Reuters) – A federal data-sharing system meant to prevent healthcare providers banned from one state’s Medicaid program from billing another state’s program isn’t working as intended, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Offic…
Boston Marathon report details ‘missed opportunities’ among law enforcement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A congressional report issued on Wednesday on the Boston Marathon bombings urges more cooperation among law enforcement agencies, saying a “greater sharing of information might have altered the course of events.”
Jury convicts bin Laden son-in-law on terrorism charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was found guilty of terrorism-related charges on Wednesday following a three-week trial that offered unusually vivid details of the former al Qaeda leader’s actions in the days …
California state senator arrested in FBI sweep
SAN FRANCISCO/SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – A prominent California lawmaker was arrested on Wednesday in an FBI sweep that netted 26 people, a high-profile case that could affect statewide elections and brings to three the number of Democratic state senators …
Obama briefed on discipline of Secret Service agent
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed on the situation involving three Secret Service agents who were sent home from Obama’s trip to the Netherlands for disciplinary reasons, the White House said on Wednesday.
North Carolina mayor resigns; arrested on corruption charges
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – The mayor of North Carolina’s largest city resigned Wednesday after prosecutors said he had been arrested on federal public corruption charges that include accepting more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI …
U.S. Navy seeks more Boeing ‘Growlers’ to boost capabilities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy would add two Boeing Co EA-18G Growler electronic attack fighters to each five-plane squadron on its aircraft carriers, if Congress will fund its request of $2.1 billion for 22 more of the aircraft.
