Obama bans spying on leaders of U.S. allies, scales back NSA program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama banned U.S. eavesdropping on the leaders of close friends and allies on Friday and began reining in the vast collection of Americans’ phone data in a series of limited reforms triggered by Edward Snowden’s …
U.S. border agent kills man in Arizona desert after struggle
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in the Arizona desert near the boundary with Mexico on Thursday evening after a brief nighttime struggle over the agent’s gun, police said on Friday.
U.S. court upholds prisoner’s right to taxpayer-funded sex change
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts prisoner suffering from gender identity disorder should be provided a sex-change operation paid for by the state’s prison system, a federal appeals court said on Friday in a first-of-its-kind ruling.
Public help sought in Southern California serial bank robberies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. federal law enforcement on Friday sought the public’s help in tracking down two serial bank robbers who have held up a combined 19 banks in Southern California in a little over a year, but who are not believed to be acting …
U.S. court upholds prisoner’s right to taxpayer-funded sex change
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts prisoner suffering from gender identity disorder should be provided a sex-change operation paid for by the state’s prison system, according to a federal appeals court decision issued on Friday.
Four hurt in partial stage collapse after Luke Bryan concert
(Reuters) – Four stagehands suffered minor injuries early on Friday when part of the stage collapsed after a concert by country music singer Luke Bryan on The Ohio State University campus, local police said.
U.S. Supreme Court to weigh cell phone searches by police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether police can search an arrested criminal suspect’s cell phone without a warrant in two cases that showcase how the courts are wrestling to keep up with rapid technological a…
Houston’s openly gay mayor marries longtime partner in California
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Houston’s openly gay mayor, Annise Parker, has wedded her longtime partner at a private home in California, even as her home state of Texas bans such same-sex marriages.
Lengthy Ohio execution puts focus on death penalty, suit likely
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man’s execution by an untested two-drug method that left him gasping for several minutes drew promises on Friday for a lawsuit by his family and renewed debate over capital punishment in the United States.
Pennsylvania judge strikes down state’s voter ID law
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania judge struck down the state’s controversial voter identification law on Friday, ruling it is unconstitutional and would disenfranchise voters.
