Despite reprieve, California fights prison crowding order
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – As a deadline looms for California to comply with a federal court order to reduce crowding in its mammoth and troubled prison system, state officials are scrambling to fight – or at a minimum to delay – its implementation.
California’s Berkeley campus evacuated after electrical blast, outage
(Reuters) – Several people suffered minor injuries due to an explosion on Monday in an electrical vault at the University of California, Berkeley, and a related power outage led officials to evacuate the campus, a school spokesman said.
One in five American Jews say they have no religion, survey finds
CHICAGO (Reuters) – One out of five Americans who consider themselves culturally or ethnically Jewish say they do not believe in God or they do not follow any particular faith, in a sign of the changing nature of American Jewish identity, according to …
U.S. judge rejects government bid to kill ‘Fast and Furious’ suit
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday refused to dismiss a lawsuit by Republican lawmakers who accuse Attorney General Eric Holder of wrongfully withholding documents tied to an investigation into a botched probe of gun trafficking on the U.S.-Mexican bor…
Rock slide kills five hikers in Colorado mountains
DENVER (Reuters) – Five hikers died on Monday when they were buried by rubble from a rock slide in the Colorado Rockies southwest of Denver but a 13-year-old girl was rescued, an official said.
Shooting of Louisiana pastor followed rape allegation, police say
(Reuters) – A pastor shot to death last week at his church in Lake Charles, Louisiana, was accused of rape just days before by the wife of the man who was charged with his killing, authorities said on Monday.
Two U.S. generals ousted over failure to secure Afghan base
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Marine Corps on Monday effectively fired two U.S. generals over their failure to defend a major base in Afghanistan from a deadly Taliban attack last year, in an extraordinary and rare public censure.
Jury set for billionaire Mark Cuban’s insider trading trial
DALLAS (Reuters) – Seven women and three men were chosen Monday as jurors in the civil trial of Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team, who faces charges of insider trading in shares of a little-known Internet sea…
Italian judge orders new DNA tests on knife in Knox retrial
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – An Italian judge presiding over the retrial of American student Amanda Knox on Monday ordered new DNA tests on the knife that prosecutors say was used to kill her British roommate in 2007.
Body of suspected Long Island shooter found in Hudson River
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The body of a man found floating in New York’s Hudson River on Monday has been identified as Sang Ho Kim, who police say shot two people at a Long Island lighting store last week, sparking a massive manhunt, authorities said.
