Boston mobster Bulger, girlfriend exchanged prison love notes: atty
BOSTON (Reuters) – Convicted gangster James “Whitey” Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, exchanged love letters on a legal pad provided by a defense attorney who visited them in prison before the mobster went on trial last year, local media rep…
VW poised for SUV go-ahead as U.S. slide threatens goals
BERLIN/DETROIT (Reuters) – Volkswagen is preparing to build sport utility vehicles in North America as it struggles to conquer a market whose resistance is threatening its bid to be world No. 1.
Gay rights group asks for federal recognition of Utah same-sex marriages
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A gay rights group asked the U.S. federal government on Thursday to recognize the marriages of gay couples who wed in Utah after a court ruling briefly legalized gay unions in the conservative, predominantly Mormon state.
In Supreme Court case, business group targets Obama appointments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A powerful business group’s decision to use its legal firepower to back a bottling company in a dispute with unionized workers turned a routine labor tussle in Washington state into a high-stakes Supreme Court case that could lim…
Colorado airports tighten rules on marijuana possession
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado’s two largest airports have tightened their rules on marijuana possession after the state became the first in the nation to allow recreational pot stores to operate, airport officials said on Thursday.
Accused Colorado gunman’s statements about explosives ruled admissible
DENVER (Reuters) – A judge in the case of an accused Colorado theater gunman said on Thursday that most statements made by James Holmes to law enforcement about explosives inside his booby-trapped apartment without his lawyer present can be used at tri…
San Diego gang ran prostitution ring across U.S., prosecutors say
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Two dozen gang members accused of running a vast, California-based human trafficking ring that sent women and underage girls across state lines for prostitution have been indicted on federal racketeering charges in a case prosecut…
Jury begins deliberating in California police brutality case
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) – Jurors began deliberating on Thursday in the trial of two former California police officers charged in the 2011 beating death of a mentally ill homeless man, an incident that touched off protests and political upheaval…
Oklahoma executes man who killed store manager in robbery
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma executed a man by lethal injection on Thursday who was convicted of beating a Tulsa convenience store manager to death with a baseball bat during a robbery in 1995.
Parents lobby Florida lawmakers on medical marijuana
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Parents of children suffering from severe epilepsy and other illnesses got a sympathetic reaction on Thursday from Florida lawmakers considering the legalization of a new marijuana strain that shows promising results fo…
