Archdiocese of Los Angeles to pay $13 million in sex abuse settlement
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Seventeen people who brought sexual abuse lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles have won a $13 million legal settlement, with most of the allegations involving a priest who left the country as an investi…
School coach charged with murder in Missouri girl’s abduction
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – A Missouri prosecutor on Wednesday charged an elementary school coach with first degree murder in the death of a 10-year-old girl who had gone missing, hours after authorities said they recovered her body at his home.
Florida woman tricked into abortion seeks fetal protection laws
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Remee Jo Lee was excited in the winter of 2013 over her pregnancy with a baby she already named Memphis, even though her new boyfriend envisioned a very different future.
Some New York City streets closed due to falling ice, snow
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Yorkers got a reprieve from the relentless winter weather on Wednesday only to find that the season’s wrath created a fresh menace of large chunks of snow and ice falling from skyscrapers to the sidewalks below.
North Carolina defends coal ash oversight after second leak
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – North Carolina state officials defended their oversight of coal ash ponds on Wednesday, a day after a second leak was found to be threatening a river already tainted by toxic sludge from a spill earlier this month.
Accused Colorado movie theater gunman ordered to undergo new sanity exam
DENVER (Reuters) – The man charged with mass murder for a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in a suburban Denver movie theater must submit to a second pretrial sanity examination because the first was incomplete and inadequate, a Colorado judge ru…
Same-sex couples challenge Colorado ban on gay marriage
DENVER (Reuters) – Nine same-sex couples filed suit on Wednesday challenging Colorado’s ban on gay marriage following court decisions striking down similar restrictions in New Mexico, Utah and Virginia.
Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law under fire after trial verdict
TALLAHASSEE/MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) – The split decision by a sharply divided jury in Florida’s latest high-profile self-defense trial on Saturday is prompting renewed calls for a review of the state’s controversial “stand your ground” law, while lega…
U.S. issues warning about shoe bombs on airplanes bound for U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities issued a warning on Wednesday to airlines flying to the United States to watch out for militants who may have hidden bombs in their shoes, U.S. government sources said.
Nebraska court invalidates state’s Keystone pipeline approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Nebraska court on Wednesday invalidated the governor’s decision to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to pass through the Midwestern state, casting new uncertainty over the controversial project to link Alberta’s oil sands with ref…
