Judge blocks California bond sale for high-speed rail project
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California judge ruled on Monday against the state’s plan to issue more than $8 billion in bonds to build a high-speed train system and rescinded the project’s funding plan, estimated at $68 billion.
Florida judge upholds use of new mix of execution drugs
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – A drug that Florida recently started using to knock out condemned killers in executions does not subject them to unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment, a Florida judge ruled on Monday.
Texas policeman arrested in sexual assault of woman in patrol car
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A veteran San Antonio police officer has been arrested and placed on administrative leave on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman inside his marked patrol car.
Connecticut school shooting probe ends with gunman’s motive unknown
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) – Around the time of the massacre of children at an elementary school in Connecticut last December, gunman Adam Lanza was living an isolated existence, communicating with his mother by email only even though they lived in…
Judge to rule on Detroit bankruptcy petition on December 3
DETROIT (Reuters) – The judge overseeing Detroit’s historic bankruptcy petition set December 3 as the date for issuing his decision on whether the cash-strapped city qualifies as bankrupt under federal law, according to a court filing posted Monday.
Lockdown ends at Yale’s Connecticut campus, no gunman found
BOSTON (Reuters) – Yale University lifted a lockdown on Monday after a police search of its campus in New Haven, Connecticut, found no evidence of a gunman, despite an anonymous caller’s claim that his roommate had headed to the Ivy League school to sh…
Ohio school official charged with obstructing Steubenville rape case
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) – A grand jury has indicted the superintendent of schools in Steubenville, Ohio, on charges that he obstructed an investigation into the rape of a drunk teenage girl at a party in 2012, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine sai…
Contractor charged with murder after deadly Philadelphia collapse
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A demolition contractor was charged with murder on Monday for his role in a June building collapse in Philadelphia that killed six people, authorities said.
Law should get tough with bullies, dead Florida girl’s mom says
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The mother of a 12-year-old Florida girl tormented by schoolmates until she killed herself in September said on Monday she would file a civil lawsuit and launch a national crusade to rein in bullies.
Oklahoma women held after four-year-old turns up at school smelling of pot
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The grandmother and great-aunt of an Oklahoma preschooler have been arrested after their four-year-old charge turned up in class smelling of marijuana and apparently high from the drug, police said on Monday.
