Oklahoma lawmakers approve bill to revoke licenses of abortion doctors
By Heide BrandesOKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma bill that could revoke the license of any doctor who performs an abortion has headed to the governor, with opponents saying the measure in...
View ArticleApril is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - By age 18, one in three girls and one in six boys will be sexually assaulted.Police Lieutenant Mike Colwill says April is Sexual Assault Awareness month and the Compass...
View ArticleCharges cleared against man convicted of 1957 Illinois murder
By Suzannah GonzalesCHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois man who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping and murder of a 7-year-old girl in 1957 was cleared of charges on Friday....
View ArticleSpy chief pressed for number of Americans ensnared in data espionage
By Dustin VolzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are pressing the nation's top intelligence official to estimate the number of Americans ensnared in email surveillance and other such spying on...
View ArticleOhio woman sues sperm bank after birth of mixed-race baby
By Brendan O'Brien(Reuters) - A white Ohio woman sued a sperm bank in federal court on Friday for mistakenly giving her, and her white same-sex partner, sperm from an African-American donor, court...
View ArticleU.S. probes toy jewelry kits linked to high lead levels
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - The top U.S. consumer product safety regulator is reviewing whether to recall widely sold toy jewelry-making kits after a New York state probe determined that the...
View ArticleThree denied entry to Canada over inert grenade: border official
TORONTO (Reuters) - Three people detained on Thursday at the U.S.-Canadian border over an inert grenade have been denied entry into Canada and have gone back to the United States, authorities said on...
View ArticleCocaine cache found in candy jars at New York's JFK airport
By Marcus E. HowardNEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman accused of stashing about 10 pounds of cocaine in candy jars in her luggage at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport faces narcotics possession and...
View ArticleSouth Carolina town where black man shot asks U.S. for police help
(Reuters) - The South Carolina city where a white police officer shot dead an unarmed black man one year ago said on Friday it has asked the U.S. government for a review of its police force, a...
View ArticleNew Jersey school board member quits over anti-Muslim comments
(Reuters) - A New Jersey school board member resigned on Friday after drawing fire for anti-Muslim Facebook posts, including one saying, "America needs to get rid of people like you," the board...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Republicans criticize Obama over transgender law
(Reuters) - North Carolina Republicans criticized President Barack Obama on Friday after the president told a news conference in London the state's law on transgender bathroom use was wrong and should...
View ArticleNew Jersey woman convicted of burning newborn sentenced to 30 years
By Marcus E. HowardNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey woman convicted of killing her newborn daughter by setting her on fire last year was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in state prison, prosecutors...
View ArticleDog kills California baby in apparent accident: police
By Marty GrahamSAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A dog lying in bed with a San Diego couple and their infant boy was startled by the mother and bit the child to death on Friday, police said.The parents were...
View ArticleU.S. judge orders recount in Tennessee abortion vote
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ordered a recount of Tennessee's 2014 ballot measure that removed the right to an abortion from the state's constitution.Chief District Judge Kevin Sharp called...
View ArticleU.S. drops New York fight with Apple after gaining access to iPhone
By Nate Raymond and Joseph MennNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday dropped its effort to force Apple Inc to help unlock an iPhone in a drug case in New York after someone...
View ArticleColorado nuns get higher fence to avoid harassment
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - An order of cloistered Roman Catholic nuns won approval from a Denver suburb to build a higher fence to prevent people from entering their property to harass them,...
View ArticleProsecutors seek dismissal of charges against man in Arizona shootings
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - Prosecutors in Phoenix on Friday filed court papers to withdraw criminal charges against a man who was arrested last year and accused in a string of Arizona freeway...
View ArticleGeorgia man suspected of killing five before shooting himself: sheriff
(Reuters) - A Georgia man shot dead three people and is suspected of killing two others in a shooting spree involving his wife's family before killing himself, officials said on Saturday.Wayne Anthony...
View Article'Bernie' mortician ordered back to prison in Texas widow murder case
By Marise RichterDALLAS (Reuters) - A jury on Friday sentenced a former mortician to return to prison for 99 years to life for murdering a wealthy East Texas widow and hiding her body in a freezer in a...
View ArticleSevere criminal justice policies hurt U.S. economy: White House
By Julia HarteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Longer prison sentences for non-violent criminals and crowded prisons are hurting the American economy more than they are helping it, economists in U.S. President...
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