Boy, 12, opens fire at New Mexico school, wounds two students
(Reuters) – A 12-year-old boy armed with a shotgun opened fire at a middle school in New Mexico on Tuesday, seriously wounding two students before a staff member persuaded him to put down the firearm, authorities said.
U.S. judge rules against government in no-fly challenge
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday sided with a woman challenging the federal government’s no-fly policy and ruled that existing procedures to correct mistakes on that list do not provide adequate due process protections.
FBI to revisit fatal beating of California transient after police cleared
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The FBI plans to re-examine the fatal beating of a mentally ill California transient after a jury acquitted two ex-policemen of all charges in connection with his 2011 death, which touched off protests and political upheaval in …
U.S. judge rules Oklahoma gay marriage ban unconstitutional
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A federal judge overturned Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage on Tuesday, the latest in a series of rulings by judges in federal and state courts to find that such exclusions violate the U.S. Constitution.
Woman rescued from Nevada motel after six months as captive: police
(Reuters) – A woman held captive for six months by a former boyfriend who threatened to kill her if she tried to escape was rescued from a Nevada motel after writing about her plight on Facebook, police said on Tuesday.
U.S. courts oppose reform proposals for secret surveillance court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. federal court system objects to key proposals by a presidential review panel to reform the secret court that supervises the classified electronic eavesdropping activities of the U.S. National Security Agency, a former ch…
Briton jailed 27 years for Florida murders seeks to reopen case
MIAMI (Reuters) – Lawyers for a British man convicted in Florida for a 1986 double homicide sought to reopen the case on Tuesday, claiming that three Colombian drug traffickers were the real killers.
Federal judge rules Oklahoma ban on gay marriage unconstitutional
(Reuters) – A federal judge overturned Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage on Tuesday, finding that a state constitutional amendment excluded gay couples without a legally sufficient justification.
Killer in Florida movie theater says he acted ‘in fear’
MIAMI (Reuters) – The man charged with shooting and killing a fellow moviegoer during an argument over cellphone use in a Florida theater is a retired police officer who says he feared being attacked.
U.S. judge rules against government in no-fly challenge
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday sided with a woman challenging the federal government’s no-fly policy and ruled that existing procedures to correct mistakes on that list do not provide adequate due process protections.
