Student convicted in Steubenville, Ohio rape released from detention
(Reuters) – One of two high school football players convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl at a 2012 party in Steubenville, Ohio, in a case that drew national attention, has been released from juvenile detention, his lawyer said.
New York’s Cuomo pushes $2 billion tax cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday he would back proposals to cut taxes in the state by $2 billion over the next three years.
Man charged with arson at Chinese consulate in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Monday charged a 39-year-old man with arson in connection with a fire at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on New Year’s day, after deciding not to treat the incident as an act of terrorism.
Brain-dead California girl arrives at extended care facility
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California girl declared brain dead following complications from a tonsillectomy, whose case has prompted debate over when to withdraw life support, has arrived at an undisclosed care facility with her mother, a family spoke…
Americans unlikely to move to get better Medicaid benefits: study
BOSTON (Reuters) – Americans are unlikely to move to another state to obtain better medical coverage, according to a Harvard study released on Monday that debunks fears expanded Medicaid in some states under the U.S. Affordable Care Act will trigger bi…
JetBlue, other airlines cancel flights as cold hobbles operations
(Reuters) – JetBlue Airways said it planned to suspend flights at New York and Boston airports later on Monday, and gradually resume them on Tuesday, as extreme cold hobbled airline operations in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast regions.
U.S. man gets eight months in prison for hitting child on plane
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A former aerospace executive who while on a plane flight slapped a crying toddler and called the little boy, who is black, a racial slur was sentenced on Monday to eight months in prison for an incident his attorney blamed on his al…
Supreme Court halts gay marriage in Utah at least temporarily
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday halted same-sex marriages in Utah – permitted for less than three weeks – while the state appeals a lower-court ruling legalizing them, as the justices again left their imprint on the debate over …
U.S. woman known as Jihad Jane sentenced to 10 years in plot
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday sentenced an American woman who called herself Jihad Jane to 10 years in prison – at least a decade less than prosecutors had sought for her role in a failed plot to kill a Swedish artist who had depicted…
U.S. court hears appeal to ease parts of Texas abortion law
(Reuters) – A federal court heard an appeal from Planned Parenthood and other advocacy groups on Monday to a relax restrictive abortion law in Texas that has caused a dozen clinics to suspend services.
