California ex-city official gets more than 11 years in corruption case
(Reuters) – A former top official for the California city of Bell was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison on Thursday for her role in a public corruption scandal that drew national attention and led to upheaval in the working-class community.
Justice Dept faults Albuquerque police on excessive force
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department cited the Albuquerque police department on Thursday for engaging in what federal civil rights investigators call a pattern of excessive force, some of it deadly, against residents of New M…
Five charged in kidnapping of North Carolina prosecutor’s father
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – Five people face kidnapping charges in the abduction of a North Carolina prosecutor’s father, who was rescued in Atlanta four days after disappearing from his home, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Thursd…
Dartmouth gets $100 million donation, largest in school’s history
(Reuters) – Dartmouth College has received an anonymous donation of $100 million – the largest in its 244-year history, the Ivy League school said on Thursday.
Appeals court hears case testing gay-marriage rights
DENVER (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court signaled on Thursday it may strike down a Utah ban on same-sex marriages in the highest-level case to date to test whether gay and lesbian couples have a right under the U.S. Constitution to marry.
Judge orders Indiana to recognize ailing gay woman’s marriage
(Reuters) – Indiana must recognize immediately a terminally ill gay woman’s marriage to her partner in Massachusetts, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
Detroit prosecutors charge juvenile in mob beating of motorist
(Reuters) – Prosecutors in Detroit on Thursday charged a 16-year-old with a hate crime in the severe beating of a motorist who stopped to help a 10-year-old boy he struck accidentally.
Republican congressman caught in kiss is asked to resign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican U.S. congressman from Louisiana who was caught on video kissing a married staffer should resign and is an embarrassment to his state, party and Congress, the state’s party chairman said on Thursday.
FBI adds ‘Family Annihilator’ to 10 most wanted list decades after crime
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The FBI added a man known as the “Family Annihilator” to its top 10 most wanted list on Thursday, nearly four decades after the brutal murders of his wife, mother and three sons in Maryland.
El Nino more than 50 percent likely by summer: U.S. weather forecaster
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The chances have increased over the past month that the much-feared El Nino phenomenon, which has the potential to wreak havoc on global crops, would strike by summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the federal U.S. weather forecaster …
