‘Culture of brutality’ in Chicago jail charged in lawsuit
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Prisoners at Cook County Jail in Chicago live in fear due to a “culture of brutality and lawlessness” that subjects them to physical abuse by guards, charged a lawsuit filed in federal court in Chicago on Thursday.
Carjacking ring that resold vehicles in West Africa busted in New Jersey
TOTOWA, NJ (Reuters) – A group of 32 men was charged on Thursday with running an international carjacking ring that stole luxury vehicles in New York and New Jersey and shipped them to West Africa for resale, state authorities said.
New York librarian with tools to rape, kill woman was fantasizing -defense
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It ended up requiring two bags to carry all the tools he thought they would need to capture, torture, rape and kill the woman they had been watching.
Lawyers argue whether Kennedy’s drug-driving error was criminal
WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) – Attorneys in the drugged driving trial of the daughter of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy on Thursday debated whether Kerry Kennedy made a criminal mistake when she crashed her car in 2012 after inadverten…
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 …
Well-known father-son pair to bow out after Boston Marathon
BOSTON (Reuters) – A 73-year-old man who has run the Boston Marathon pushing his wheelchair-bound son for the past 31 years plans to make this year’s edition of the event his last.
U.S. senator says labor board should not ‘muzzle’ lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tennessee Senator Bob Corker called on federal authorities on Thursday not to muzzle lawmakers who are opposed to union organizing as they consider the United Auto Workers’ appeal of a failed effort to represent workers at a Volk…
Judge sets terms for would-be Reagan assassin’s hospital outings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley will be required to stay away from government centers during the 17 days per month he will be allowed to spend outside the mental hospital where has lived since shooting Ronald Reagan …
Jailed Cuban agent to be deported from U.S. after release
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Cuban intelligence agent was released from prison in Arizona after serving more than 15 years for spying on Cuban-American exiles in Miami, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said on Thursday.
U.S. judge orders Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriages
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Thursday ordered Kentucky to recognize the legal same-sex marriages of residents who wed outside the state, the office of the state attorney general said.
