Trial of U.S. Air Force officer accused of groping woman begins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The trial of an officer accused of groping a woman while he headed the U.S. Air Force’s sexual assault prevention unit began on Tuesday in a Virginia courtroom.
U.S. justices decline to hear second Oklahoma abortion case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a decision striking down a Oklahoma law that required any woman seeking an abortion to be shown an ultrasound image of the fetus beforehand.
Judge to sentence U.S. border cops who made smugglers eat pot
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Two U.S. Border Patrol agents who forced four suspected drug smugglers to chew marijuana and flee shoeless into the Arizona desert on a chilly November night are due to be sentenced on Tuesday for violating the men’s civil rights.
Dog finds human remains, owner buries leg in backyard
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A 93-year-old Washington state man, whose dog returned home with a human leg it had found, buried it in his back yard on an Indian reservation to avoid being suspected of a crime, a local official and media reports said.
Senator Inhofe’s son killed in plane crash -defense secretary
(Reuters) – The son of U.S. Senator James Inhofe was killed in a weekend plane crash near Tulsa, Oklahoma, the office of the U.S. Defense Secretary said on Monday.
Members of Iranian rock band slain in Brooklyn shooting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Iranian rock musician who had been kicked out of his band in New York shot dead three people, including two members of an indie band who had fled Tehran, and wounded a fourth man before killing himself in Brooklyn, authorities s…
Filipinos in U.S. rally to provide aid in wake of deadly typhoon
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Filipinos across the United States rallied to support aid efforts for their Pacific island homeland on Monday as rescue workers an ocean away struggled to reach remote areas of the country that was ravaged by a deadly t…
Judge to pick court for Spike Lee’s wrong Zimmerman address tweet
(Reuters) – A judge will decide this week which court will hear a lawsuit against filmmaker Spike Lee over a tweet that misidentified an elderly couple’s address in Florida as the home of George Zimmerman.
California governor has high approval but many voters undecided on re-election
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Approval ratings for Democratic California Governor Jerry Brown are at their highest point since he took office, but that popularity may not translate into votes among independents in his bid for a fourth term next ye…
Coveted jacket known as ‘Biggie’ at center of New York violence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Boxy and filled with feathers, the “Biggie” is the winter jacket at the center of violence in New York City including a weekend shooting at a skating rink that seriously injured two young people.
