Heroin overdose, drug deal cases go before Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court took on cases involving a heroin overdose and a drug deal gone wrong on Tuesday as the justices weighed what prosecutors needed to prove in order to convict defendants of certain federal offenses.
U.S. Catholic bishops’ new leaders concerned with poor
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – U.S. Catholic bishops elected two centrist conservatives as new leaders on Tuesday, an archbishop from Kentucky and a Texas cardinal, both of whom expressed “solidarity” with Pope Francis’ strong emphasis on the poor.
Former border cops who made smugglers eat pot get two years in prison
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – Two ex-U.S. Border Patrol agents who forced a group of suspected drug smugglers to chew handfuls of marijuana and flee shoeless into the chilly Arizona desert were each sentenced on Tuesday to two years in federal prison.
Senior House Democrat favors letting Americans keep health policies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The second-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives said on Tuesday that Americans receiving health insurance cancellation notices because of Obamacare should be able to keep their current policies.
New Obamacare sign-up effort aligns with expected website fix
(Reuters) – A new push to sign up Americans for insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law will begin in December, when the government’s faulty enrollment website is expected to work better, an advocacy group leading the campaign said on T…
Man indicted in North Carolina for trying to aid Syria rebel group
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – A Pakistani native accused of trying to aid a group deemed a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government has been indicted by a federal grand jury in North Carolina, the U.S. Justice Department said o…
Detroit wants to keep banker’s fee secret
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The judge overseeing Detroit’s historic bankruptcy filing has made clear he expects full disclosure of professional fees billed in the case. On Thursday the city will ask for an exception: fees paid to its banker.
Recommendation on death penalty for accused Boston bomber near
BOSTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts will decide within a week whether to recommend the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev if he is convicted in the Boston Marathon bombing.
Connecticut adds $16 million to boost school security after Newtown
FARMINGTON, Connecticut (Reuters) – Connecticut on Tuesday released an additional $16 million in state funding toward boosting security at school buildings, nearly a year after a gunman massacred 26 people at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown…
Florida, Texas set to execute convicted killers
TALLAHASSEE, Fla./ AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Two U.S. death row inmates face execution on Tuesday, including a Florida man convicted of a 1991 sexual assault and murder who will be put to death using a new lethal injection procedure that has drawn lega…
