Pressure mounts on Arizona governor to veto bill dubbed anti-gay
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Pressure mounted on Arizona’s governor on Tuesday to veto a controversial bill described by critics as anti-gay, with at least two advisers to Republican Jan Brewer saying they had urged her to nix the measure.
New York Knicks guard Felton arrested on weapons charges
(Reuters) – New York Knicks guard Raymond Felton turned himself in to police Tuesday on charges he possessed a gun that he was not registered to have in New York City, after his wife’s divorce lawyer took the weapon to a local police station, authoriti…
Judge orders Obamacare insurers in Louisiana to accept HIV funds
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A U.S. district court judge in Louisiana has temporarily barred Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and two smaller insurers from rejecting payments from a federal program intended to help low-income HIV patients buy health insu…
Supreme Court ruling eases police search of suspect’s home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to law enforcement agencies by making it easier for police to search a dwelling without a warrant.
U.S. fair housing group files complaint against Deutsche Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Foreclosed houses managed by Deutsche Bank in black and Latino neighborhoods had more broken windows, damaged roofs, overgrown lawns and trash in the yard than those it managed in nearby white neighborhoods, a nonprofit group sai…
Teen’s killer presses appeals as Missouri prepares his execution
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Missouri officials on Tuesday were fending off a flurry of late appeals from convicted killer Michael Taylor as they prepared for his execution by lethal injection shortly after midnight.
Lesbian couple challenges Michigan’s gay-marriage ban in court
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan’s ban on gay marriage perpetuates discrimination and should be overturned, an attorney representing a lesbian couple argued on Tuesday at the start of the latest in a series of legal challenges to U.S. laws banning same-sex…
Supreme Court rules against defendants in asset freeze case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the ability of criminal defendants facing federal charges to challenge a court’s decision to freeze their assets before trial.
George W. Bush’s brushwork to take spotlight at April exhibit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – George W. Bush, U.S. president turned painter, will have his artwork featured in an exhibit for the first time in April.
More retired NY firefighters, cops arrested in pension fraud probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A second wave of retired New York firefighters and police was arrested on Tuesday on disability fraud charges tied to a September 11 pension fraud, said a source involved in the investigation.
