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Alabama Senate passes bill tightening rules for abortion clinics

Alabama Senate passes bill tightening rules for abortion clinics

By way of Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) – The Alabama Senate passed an abortion bill on Tuesday critics say would restrict get entry to to the process with stricter requirements for clinics that offer it. The Senate handed the bill on a vote of twenty-two-10, after the House handed […]

 
 

N.Y. politicians arrested in alleged mayoral race bribe scheme

By means of Edith Honan and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) – A high-ranking Democratic New York State senator was arrested on Tuesday and charged with looking to purchase a place on the Republican ticket in the metropolis’s mayoral race, in what prosecutors stated was once a part of […]

 
 

Suspect in Colorado prison chief killing spent bulk of sentence in solitary

Suspect in Colorado prison chief killing spent bulk of sentence in solitary

Via Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – A parolee suspected of killing Colorado's prisons chief spent most of his eight-yr jail sentence in solitary confinement for assaulting and dangerous to kill jailers and combating with other inmates, jail data made public on Thursday confirmed. Evan Spencer Ebel incurred 28 disciplinary infractions […]

 
 

For first time, Nevada legislature ousts lawmaker after arrests

For first time, Nevada legislature ousts lawmaker after arrests

Via Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) – The Nevada State Meeting expelled Democratic Assemblyman Steven Brooks on Thursday after he used to be arrested twice this yr, in the first time the chamber ousted a member in the historical past of the state legislature. Brooks' expulsion was once approved by way of […]

 
 

Newtown school gunman fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes

Newtown school gunman fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes

Through Mary Ellen Clark and Noreen O'Donnell MERIDEN/NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) – The gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut fundamental college fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes, picking high capability magazines from a home arsenal stocked with swords, knives and a cache of guns, […]

 
 

White supremacist killed in Texas investigated in Colorado slayings

White supremacist killed in Texas investigated in Colorado slayings

By means of Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A white supremacist ex-convict who died in a roadside gun fight with Texas police was being investigated for conceivable links to the deaths of a Colorado prisons chief and a pizza delivery man, legislation enforcement officials said on Friday. Police stated […]

 
 

Marine kills two at Quantico base, takes own life

Marine kills two at Quantico base, takes own life

Via Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Marine shot useless a female and male colleague at a Virginia base and then killed himself, within the second fatal non-combat incident involving Marines in the United States this week. Defense force investigators declined to comment on what influenced the taking pictures late […]

 
 

FAA to close 149 control towers to meet budget cuts

FAA to close 149 control towers to meet budget cuts

By means of Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration mentioned on Friday it is going to shut 149 air traffic control towers at small airports throughout the united states of america beginning on April 7 because it copes with computerized federal spending cuts. The White Home and […]

 
 

Budget deadlock squeezes military members seeking education

Budget deadlock squeezes military members seeking education

By way of Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – For Airman First Category Stephen Sinatra, the finances cuts prompted by using impasse in Washington have became his plans upside down. Sinatra, who is within the U.S. Air Power stationed in Washington, D.C., is taking on-line faculty lessons due to a […]

 
 

Comedian’s sister, philandering ex-governor in South Carolina race

Comedian’s sister, philandering ex-governor in South Carolina race

By way of Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – A comedian's sister and a philandering ex-governor lead a container of 18 candidates looking for to fill a vacant congressional seat in Tuesday's unique election, reminding voters how "Appalachian Trial" was a euphemism for extramarital affair. Coastal South Carolina's 1st […]

 
 

Witnesses describe sex acts in Ohio football rape trial

Witnesses describe sex acts in Ohio football rape trial

By way of Drew Singer STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) – Two teammates of two high school football avid gamers from Ohio accused of raping a girl at a birthday celebration ultimate summer season testified on Friday they saw their classmates commit intercourse acts on the girl right through the alcohol-fueled situations […]

 
 

U.S. soldier accused of Iraq murder contests sanity ruling

By way of Laura L. Myers TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) – Lawyers for a U.S. soldier charged with killing five fellow servicemen in 2009 at a armed forces counseling center in Iraq asked an Army judge on Tuesday to reject a discovering that the defendant is mentally fit to face trial […]

 
 

Police raid Oregon motel to arrest man accused of slaying grandparents

Police raid Oregon motel to arrest man accused of slaying grandparents

By Teresa Carson PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Police stormed a inn room in Oregon on Tuesday to end an eight-hour standoff and arrest an ex-convict accused of killing his grandparents after that they had thrown him a birthday party to have fun his release from prison, authorities mentioned. The suspect, […]

 
 

L.A. Archdiocese, Cardinal Mahony settle sex abuse cases

L.A. Archdiocese, Cardinal Mahony settle sex abuse cases

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, its former leader Cardinal Roger Mahony and an ex-priest have agreed to pay a total of virtually $10 million to settle 4 youngster sex abuse instances introduced against them, attorneys for the victims said on Tuesday. […]

 
 

Rape trial of high school football players begins in Ohio

Rape trial of high school football players begins in Ohio

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) – Two high school football avid gamers accused of raping a woman will face trial in Steubenville, Ohio, on Wednesday in a case that has change into a national example of social media's highly effective affect in modern society. Quarterback Trent Mays and wide receiver Ma'lik Richmond, […]