Landmark moment in making: judge to rule on Detroit bankruptcy
DETROIT (Reuters) – The largest-ever municipal bankruptcy petition in U.S. history faces a watershed moment on Tuesday, as the judge overseeing Detroit’s bankruptcy case is scheduled to rule whether the city is eligible for protection from creditors – …
Suspect held for taking high-speed ferry in Seattle
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A man accused of leaping a fence at the Seattle waterfront and briefly commandeering a high-speed ferry used to shuttle passengers between Washington state and Canada was in jail on Monday with bail set at $200,000.
Bob Dylan investigated in France for ‘racist’ comments
PARIS (Reuters) – The American singer Bob Dylan is being investigated in France after a Croatian community organization alleged that comments he made to Rolling Stone magazine last year amounted to incitement to racial hatred, Paris prosecutors said on…
U.S. hospital worker sentenced to 39 years for spreading hepatitis
CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) – A former New Hampshire hospital technician who caused dozens of people to become infected with hepatitis C when he injected himself with syringes of pain killers that were then used on patients was sentenced to 39 yea…
Police probe death of man found outside Kansas City NFL stadium
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Police in Kansas City, Missouri, released three people on Monday who were being held in an investigation into the death of a man after a struggle outside the home stadium of the Kansas City Chiefs during a National Foo…
Hacker of Koch Industries website sentenced in Kansas
(Reuters) – A Wisconsin man was sentenced on Monday to two years probation after he admitted taking part in a cyber attack sponsored by the hacker group Anonymous against Kansas conglomerate Koch Industries in February 2011, federal prosecutors said.
Michigan woman sues U.S. Catholic bishops over miscarriage treatment
(Reuters) – A Michigan woman has sued the U.S. Catholic bishops, arguing that a Catholic hospital in Michigan denied her adequate treatment during a painful miscarriage because of a policy banning even the discussion of abortion as an option.
U.S. court OKs ban on political ads on public TV, radio
(Reuters) – A divided U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld a federal ban on political advertising on public television and radio stations, rejecting an argument that it unconstitutionally violated the First Amendment.
Newtown to release 911 recordings from Sandy Hook shooting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The 911 recordings from the shooting that killed 20 children last December at Sandy Hook Elementary School will be released to the public on Wednesday afternoon, lawyers representing the Connecticut town of Newtown said.
Trial opens for California policemen charged in homeless man’s death
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) – The trial of two former California policemen charged in the beating and stun gun death of a mentally ill transient began on Monday with opening statements about the deadly confrontation that touched off protests and po…
