Obama commutes prisons sentences for eight on crack charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of eight people on Thursday after deciding their crack cocaine offenses did not justify the length of their time behind bars.
Michigan man charged in porch shooting will face trial
(Reuters) – A white suburban Detroit homeowner will stand trial on charges of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a young black woman who knocked on his door in the middle of the night in November, a Michigan judge said on Thursday.
U.S. Mayors’ gun control group merges with Moms Demand Action
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a gun control group founded and financed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced on Thursday it will merge with another gun control group, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
Judge orders sanity evaluation for accused 9/11 conspirator
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) – A U.S. military tribunal judge on Thursday called a temporary halt to hearings for five men accused of conspiring in the September 11, 2001, attacks to allow time to evaluate the sanity of a suspect whose disruptive out…
U.S. pastor who performed son’s gay marriage defrocked
LOWER PROVIDENCE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – An embattled Methodist pastor who conducted his son’s same-sex wedding ceremony was defrocked on Thursday after he refused to vow to never perform another gay marriage.
Police say doctor’s slaying at Nevada hospital likely not random
(Reuters) – A gunman who shot and killed a doctor and wounded two other people in a medical office in Reno, Nevada, before taking his own life was apparently not acting randomly but his motives remain unknown, police said Wednesday.
New York City Council mulls adding e-cigarettes to smoking ban
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Council on Thursday will vote on a bill that would add electronic cigarettes to the city’s strict smoking ban, in the latest of many anti-tobacco measures signed by outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Honda to unveil new Fit, Acura TLX prototype at Detroit auto show
DETROIT (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co will introduce a new version of its subcompact Fit and the automaker’s luxury brand Acura will show its TLX midsize sedan as a prototype at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next month.
In healthcare experiment, patients pay more for ‘bad’ medicine
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Tanner Martin, 17, developed excruciating back pain last year, he was sure he needed an X-ray to find out what was wrong. So was his mother, who worried that the pain might indicate a serious injury that could cause permanent …
U.S. executions drop in 2013 as death penalty concerns rise: report
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Executions in the United States are decreasing due to concerns about costs, flawed prosecutions and shortages of drugs needed to carry out lethal injections, the Death Penalty Information Center said in a report on Thursd…
