Man confesses to Missouri mosque and clinic fires, prosecutors say
(Reuters) – A Missouri man has confessed to twice trying to set a Planned Parenthood Clinic on fire and also admitted to setting a blaze that destroyed a mosque in the same town in 2012, federal prosecutors said in court documents filed on Monday.
Colorado theater gunman coerced into incriminating statements, defense says
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Police coerced movie theater gunman James Holmes into talking about explosives found in his apartment after he shot 12 people to death, and those statements should be barred from his murder trial, defense lawyers argued in…
Utah Boy Scouts leaders ousted after toppling ancient rock
(Reuters) – Two leaders of the Boy Scouts of America were ousted from their posts on Monday for knocking over a 170-million-year-old rock formation in a Utah state park in an incident that may result in criminal charges, state officials said.
Singapore firm barred from U.S. contracts over bribery case: Navy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Singapore-based company involved in a U.S. Navy bribery scandal has been barred from doing business with the federal government and has had nine Navy contracts worth $205 million terminated for cause, a Navy official said on Mo…
Labor talks to resume on fourth day of San Francisco transit strike
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Unions representing striking San Francisco-area transit workers agreed with management on Monday to resume stalled labor negotiations in hopes of ending a 4-day-old walkout by more than 2,000 commuter rail employees, transit a…
Former Jefferies trader must face trial on TARP charges: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Jefferies Group Inc managing director must face trial on criminal charges that he defrauded a federal bank bailout program by falsifying the prices of mortgage securities, a Connecticut federal judge ruled on Monday.
Second man charged in dry ice explosions at Los Angeles airport
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A second airport employee arrested in connection with three dry ice bombs planted at the Los Angeles International Airport was formally charged on Monday with possessing a destructive device near an airplane.
Protecting Detroit pensions may violate bankruptcy code: judge
DETROIT (Reuters) – The federal judge overseeing Detroit’s bankruptcy filing called the city’s pension funds “unsecured creditors” and stated that any special protections for them would violate federal bankruptcy law.
Nevada student shoots teacher dead; wounds two before killing self
SPARKS, Nevada (Reuters) – A 12-year-old student armed with a handgun shot and killed a math teacher and critically wounded two classmates before killing himself at his Nevada middle school on Monday shortly before classes were due to begin, police sai…
U.S. high court to examine IQ threshold for death penalty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would hear a death row appeal from a Florida man ruled mentally disabled in 1992 but later found competent to be executed after he scored 71 on an IQ test, the minimum under state law.
