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.
U.S. tries to salvage case against bin Laden’s publicist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration tried on Monday to salvage a military tribunal’s conviction of Osama bin Laden’s publicist, the latest case to underscore the legal troubles surrounding the tribunal system at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Nava…
Yale receives $250 million donation, largest in its 312-year history
BOSTON (Reuters) – An alumnus of Yale University, who in June retired from a large U.S. money manager, has given the elite university $250 million, the largest donation in the school’s 312-year history.
Defiant District of Columbia to stay open despite federal shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. government offices from the Internal Revenue Service to the national parks may be headed for a midnight shutdown amid a congressional budget battle, but the District of Columbia will remain open.
Travelers in U.S. won’t see snarls from government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Air and rail travelers in the United States should not feel a big impact if Congress fails to avert a government shutdown on Tuesday, since passport inspectors, security officers and air traffic controllers will all continue to w…
Lawyers for accused Colorado theater gunman want witness list
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Attorneys defending accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes, who could face execution if convicted of murdering 12 moviegoers, said on Monday they need a witness list from the prosecution soon if they are to be ready …
New York police search for parachutists who landed near Ground Zero
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police in New York are searching for two men who appear to have parachuted onto a lower Manhattan street near Ground Zero before dawn on Monday and disappeared, authorities said.
New Jersey lawmakers call on state court to uphold gay marriage
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) – Leaders of the Democratic-controlled New Jersey State Senate on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to uphold a ruling by a lower state court late last week allowing same sex marriage.
A million government workers, unions brace for shutdown
(Reuters) – As many as a million government employees were making urgent plans on Monday for a possible midnight shutdown, with their unions urging Congress to strike a last-minute deal.
Billionaire Republican donor Adelson loses libel lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate and prominent Republican donor, has lost a $60 million libel lawsuit in which he claimed a Democratic group spread a false accusation that he had condoned prostitution in his casinos …
