Oklahoma court ruling lets Cherokee girl live with adoptive parents
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (Reuters) – The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for a 4-year-old Cherokee girl known as “Baby Veronica” to be transferred from the custody of her Oklahoma biological father to a South Carolina couple who adopted…
Sikh who teaches at Columbia University beaten in possible hate crime
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Columbia University professor who wears a beard and turban in keeping with his Sikh religion was savagely beaten by teen attackers who shouted anti-Muslim taunts in what police described as a possible hate crime.
Chicago shooting investigation ‘making great strides:’ police chief
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy on Monday said his department is “making great strides” in determining who opened fire with an assault weapon at a park last week, wounding 13 people, including a 3-year-old boy.
BofA ordered to pay $2.2 million to black job seekers
(Reuters) – Bank of America Corp was ordered to pay $2.18 million to 1,147 black job applicants over racial discrimination in hiring that kept qualified candidates from getting jobs, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Monday.
Security check of Navy Yard attacker did not mention 2004 shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy said on Monday it did not know Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis had once shot out the tires of a car in Seattle before it let him into the service in 2007 and granted him a security clearance, only that he “deflated t…
Legal tab mounts as New York fights ‘Central Park Jogger’ case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ten years, 30,000 hours and nearly $6 million.
Colorado flood search narrowed to six missing; body found
DENVER (Reuters) – Search teams in flood-ravaged areas of Colorado have accounted for all but a half dozen people among hundreds who were missing immediately after the disaster nearly two weeks ago, and authorities on Monday reported finding the body o…
South Carolina man who won nearly $400 million jackpot withholds name
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – The winner of a nearly $400 million Powerball jackpot has declined to be named, lottery officials said on Monday, but they said the winner who lives near Columbia, South Carolina, told them he bought the ticket wh…
N.J. defense attorney sentenced to life for murder, racketeering
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A once-prominent New Jersey defense attorney was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for transforming his law firm into a criminal organization in which he arranged the murder of an FBI informant, facilitated drug traff…
Bankruptcy judge delays hearing on Detroit swaps deal
DETROIT (Reuters) – A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge on Monday granted a motion by Detroit to delay a hearing on a controversial deal between the city and banks aimed at ending interest-rate swap agreements.
