U.S. prosecutors to appeal probation for Beanie Babies creator
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Thursday filed an appeal of the sentence of probation that kept billionaire Beanie Babies soft toy creator Ty Warner out of jail for his conviction on tax evasion.
Man charged in Tennessee package explosion that killed his in-laws
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) – The 49-year-old son-in-law of an elderly couple killed when a package exploded at their Tennessee home was charged with murder on Thursday, authorities said.
Storms taking toll on families, schools in Northeast
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A winter storm that froze the U.S. southeast in its tracks pushed north on Thursday, with driving winds and heavy snow snarling travel and closing many schools from Washington to Connecticut, creating havoc for winter-weary parents…
Former Mexican state official in U.S. court on money laundering charges
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – The former finance secretary for the northern Mexican state of Coahuila appeared in a U.S. federal court in Texas on Thursday to face charges including money laundering, hours after surrendering to U.S. authorities seekin…
Delaware doctor convicted in ‘waterboarding’ trial
GEORGETOWN, Delaware (Reuters) – A Delaware jury found a prominent pediatrician and best-selling author guilty on Thursday of endangering his stepdaughter in a trial featuring testimony that he subjected the girl to a form of waterboarding to punish he…
More Obamacare insurers in Louisiana reject AIDS patients
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The only three insurance companies in Louisiana that sell healthcare policies under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law throughout the state are rejecting payments from a federal program intended to help low-income HIV patients…
Florida jury deliberates 2nd day in loud music murder trial
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – A north Florida jury resumed deliberations for a second day on Thursday in the trial of a middle-aged software engineer who shot and killed a black teenager in an argument over rap music blaring from the youth’s car.
Vote on gay marriage ban amendment delayed at least two years in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – A vote by Indiana residents on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage was delayed by at least two years on Thursday after the state’s Senate declined to restore language that would have put the amendment on track for t…
U.S. prosecutors open criminal probe of Duke Energy coal ash spill
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors are investigating whether a crime was committed when thousands of tons of coal ash sludge spilled from a Duke Energy power plant in North Carolina in early February into a river that supplies d…
Second trial ordered for U.S. Marine in 2006 death of Iraqi
CAMP PENDLETON, California (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine facing a second-court martial in the 2006 death of an Iraqi civilian was ordered on Thursday to stand trial in August, and said afterwards that he was eager to put his legal troubles behind him.
