Boehner opposes landmark U.S. gay-rights bill, dimming its chances
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Monday opposed a bill to ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, dimming the chances of the White House-backed measure becoming law.
Florida man found guilty of killing NFL’s Sean Taylor
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida jury on Monday convicted 23-year-old Eric Rivera, Jr. of second-degree murder in the 2007 slaying of Washington Redskins football star Sean Taylor during a botched burglary at his Miami-area home.
Stockton sales tax plan set to end bankruptcy, pensions spared
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When Stockton, California, filed for bankruptcy last year, the stage was set for a precedent-setting battle with Wall Street over whether bondholders or retired public employees should pay the price when a local government goe…
South Carolina police chief learns what not to post on Facebook
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – A South Carolina police chief has come under fire after he suggested that a man who took to Facebook to criticize the department’s law enforcement tactics might be a criminal.
Mastermind or translator? Somali piracy trial begins in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trial of a Somali man accused of piracy off the Horn of Africa began on Monday, with prosecutors portraying him as a ransom-hungry negotiator and his lawyers defending him as an intelligence source for the United States …
September 11 plotters could have been on death row by now: U.S. attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday that accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators would already have been convicted and set for execution if they had been tried in civilian c…
U.S. military doctors abetted prisoner abuse, study says
MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. military doctors violated medical ethics by collaborating in the abuse of prisoners during interrogations after the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, an independent study concluded on Monday.
Supreme Court weighs fight over changing clothes at work
(Reuters) – Steel workers who do their jobs wearing flame-retardant gear tried to convince the Supreme Court on Monday that they should be paid for the time they spend “donning and doffing” such items before and after their shifts.
Cleveland kidnap victim says was hung on the wall like ornament
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – One of the three Cleveland women who survived years of imprisonment after being kidnapped by Ariel Castro gave details about her ordeal in a television interview on Monday including being tied up and hung on the wall like an ornam…
Florida ex-governor runs for his old job after switching parties
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) – Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who quit the Republican Party and became a Democrat, launched a campaign on Monday to win back his old job, setting the stage for what is expected to one of the most expensive g…
