Court set to rule on forcing California to ease prison crowding
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – The ongoing battle over how to reduce crowding in California’s massive, troubled prison system heated up again on Monday, after a panel of federal judges said that court-ordered talks between state officials and lawye…
Hawaii official died from irregular heartbeat after plane crash
HONOLULU (Reuters) – A Hawaii state health official who gained national attention when she released a copy of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate in 2011, died from a stress-induced irregular heartbeat following a plane crash last month, police …
San Francisco rail workers approve labor contract
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Unionized workers in the United States’ fifth-largest commuter rail system overwhelmingly approved an amended labor agreement on Monday, ending a nine-month contract dispute that saw two paralyzing transit strikes and legal wr…
Ex-California policemen acquitted in beating death of homeless man
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) – Two former policemen were acquitted on Monday in the 2011 beating and stun-gun death of a mentally-ill California homeless man that touched off street protests and political upheaval in the Los Angeles suburb of Fuller…
Case of N.C. cop who killed an unarmed man headed to grand jury
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – Prosecutors will seek an indictment against a North Carolina police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed man 10 times after he survived a car accident and banged on the door of a nearby house in the m…
New York bears down on patent trolls, settles with Delaware firm
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general has reached a civil settlement that bars a Delaware firm from using what he called “deceptive” means to get businesses to pay money for patent licenses.
U.S. Congress again rebuffs IMF funding request
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers late on Monday failed to agree on key funding measures for the International Monetary Fund, in another setback for historic reforms at the global financial institution to give more power to emerging markets.
U.S. judge tosses bankers’ suit over rules to fight tax-dodging
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a win for the Obama administration’s fight against offshore tax evasion, a U.S. federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging new rules forcing U.S. banks to tell the Internal Revenue Service about certain accounts h…
Case of N.C. cop who killed an unarmed man headed to grand jury
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – Prosecutors will seek an indictment against a North Carolina police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed man 10 times after he survived a car accident and banged on the door of a nearby house in the m…
Student in custody after bomb scare at Houston-area school
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A Houston-area high school was evacuated on Monday and a student taken into custody after police found a suspicious device initially thought to be a bomb but later determined to be a homemade weapon.
