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• Hastert makes 1st court appearance in hush-money case
• Judge in Colorado theater shooting trial dismisses 3rd juror
• Reporters tweet their evacuation from White House press briefing room
• Police evacuate building near U.S. Capitol after bomb threat
• U.S. appeals court upholds restrictive Texas abortion law
• Convicted killer in New York prison break on third escape attempt
• Community leaders to ask judge for arrests in Cleveland boy's death
• McKinney, Texas, protesters call for cop to be fired
• Protesters seek firing of Texas officer who threw girl to ground
• Former U.S. House Speaker Hastert to appear on federal charges
• Do this, not that: How the White House plans to work with Hillary Clinton’s campaign
• Federal Louisiana judge orders release of 'Angola Three' inmate
• Two California men plead not guilty of seeking to help Islamic State: newspaper
• Video of officer outside pool party sparks protests in Texas
• Vincent Bugliosi, prosecutor in Manson trial, dies at 80
• Obama says no 'complete strategy' against IS: What he's getting at
• Video of officer who drew gun on black teens raises tension
• Second psychiatrist: Colorado cinema gunman was sane
• Obama targets weaknesses in battle with IS
• U.S. base shipped live anthrax to 19 states plus D.C.: Pentagon
• Pledge sues Penn State, fraternity caught in nude photo scandal
• Maryland lawmakers begin hearings on police reforms after riot

Hastert makes 1st court appearance in hush-money case Posted: 09 Jun 2015 12:45 PM PDT The former House speaker pled not guilty to charges that he violated banking rules and lied to the FBI in a scheme to pay $3.5 million in hush money to conceal misconduct from his days as a high school teacher.

Judge in Colorado theater shooting trial dismisses 3rd juror Posted: 09 Jun 2015 12:15 PM PDT CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Three jurors in the Colorado theater shooting trial have now been dismissed amid concern that they violated orders not to talk about news reports about the case.

Reporters tweet their evacuation from White House press briefing room Posted: 09 Jun 2015 11:56 AM PDT Secret Service interrupted a press briefing at the White House Tuesday, evacuating reporters from the briefing room.

Police evacuate building near U.S. Capitol after bomb threat Posted: 09 Jun 2015 11:04 AM PDT Authorities evacuated people from several floors of a U.S. Senate office building on Tuesday after receiving a bomb threat by telephone, U.S. Capitol Police said. Police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider said Capitol Police received the call and are investigating a report of suspicious package in room G-40 of the Dirksen building, part of the complex near the U.S. Capitol. "Several floors in the (Dirksen building) have been evacuated as a precaution while the USCP continues to investigate," Schneider said in a statement.

U.S. appeals court upholds restrictive Texas abortion law Posted: 09 Jun 2015 10:48 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld the main provisions of a restrictive Texas abortion law, including one that requires clinics to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgical centers. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit allowed for the law to be applied across the state but set up an exception for a clinic in the southern city of McAllen. (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Susan Heavey)

Convicted killer in New York prison break on third escape attempt Posted: 09 Jun 2015 09:42 AM PDT By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - The daring weekend escape from a New York maximum security penitentiary - the facility's first prison break - marked at least the third time convicted murderer Richard Matt has moved to bust out from behind bars. As authorities searched for a fourth day on Tuesday for Matt, 48, and his fellow convicted killer David Sweat, 34, details emerged showing that the older inmate had twice tried to escape prison, once successfully. Police investigating his getaway from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, just 20 miles (30 km) from the Canadian border, were questioning a woman who worked in the prison tailor shop where the men had menial jobs.

Community leaders to ask judge for arrests in Cleveland boy's death Posted: 09 Jun 2015 07:31 AM PDT By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Community leaders said they planned to ask a judge on Tuesday to issue arrest warrants for two Cleveland policemen in the 2014 fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy carrying a replica handgun even as prosecutors mull charges against the officers. The move, a signal of distrust in the community toward the authorities handling the case, represents an attempt to bypass the local prosecutor's office by using an obscure Ohio state law that allows citizens to request an arrest. The two officers involved in the shooting are white and the boy, Tamir Rice, was black.

McKinney, Texas, protesters call for cop to be fired Posted: 09 Jun 2015 06:40 AM PDT Protesters gathered in McKinney, Texas, on Monday night, three days after a white police officer responding to reports of a disturbance at a pool party was seen acting aggressively toward black teenagers, throwing a bikini-clad girl to the ground and pulling his gun on two others.

Protesters seek firing of Texas officer who threw girl to ground Posted: 09 Jun 2015 04:49 AM PDT McKinney Police Corporal Eric Casebolt has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation of how he responded to the disturbance on Friday in the city about 30 miles north of Dallas, an incident that has raised fresh questions about racial bias in U.S. policing. Casebolt, who is white, is seen shouting obscenities at black youths in a multiracial crowd, shoving a black teenage girl, briefly pointing his gun at African-American youths and throwing the girl in her bathing suit, who is black, to the ground, burying his knees in her back. "We are demanding that the officer be fired and be charged with assaulting the youth," said Dominique Alexander, the president of the Next Generation Action Network, which helped organize the rally.

Former U.S. House Speaker Hastert to appear on federal charges Posted: 09 Jun 2015 04:18 AM PDT By Fiona Ortiz and Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dennis Hastert, a former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is due to be arraigned in federal court in Chicago on Tuesday on charges of trying to hide large cash transactions and lying to the FBI about it. According to an indictment, Hastert, 73, was trying to evade detection of $3.5 million in payments he had promised to make to someone from his hometown of Yorkville, Illinois, to conceal past misconduct against the person. Law enforcement officials have said that the misconduct Hastert was trying to cover up was sexual contact with a male, according to reports in national media outlets.

Do this, not that: How the White House plans to work with Hillary Clinton’s campaign Posted: 09 Jun 2015 04:01 AM PDT There are legal limits on how and how much people who work in the White House can cooperate with a presidential campaign.

Federal Louisiana judge orders release of 'Angola Three' inmate Posted: 09 Jun 2015 02:39 AM PDT (Reuters) - A federal judge in Louisiana on Monday ordered the release of the last of the prisoners known as the "Angola Three," who has spent more than four decades in solitary confinement in connection with the 1972 second-degree murder of a prison guard. U.S. District Judge James Brady ruled Albert Woodfox, 68, be released and barred from being tried a third time, following overturned convictions for the killing of prison guard Brent Miller. "This court exercises its discretion in finding that there are exceptional circumstances, and the only just remedy is an unconditional writ of habeas corpus barring retrial of Mr. Albert Woodfox and releasing Mr. Woodfox from custody immediately," Brady said in his 27-page ruling.

Two California men plead not guilty of seeking to help Islamic State: newspaper Posted: 09 Jun 2015 02:22 AM PDT (Reuters) - Two Southern California men pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to travel to the Middle East to join the militant group Islamic State, the Los Angeles Times reported. The arrests last month of Anaheim residents Muhanad Badawi and Nader Elhuzayel, both 24, are among a string of cases showing a crackdown by U.S. authorities on individuals they believe are seeking to join the group. The pair pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiring "to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization" filed in federal court in Orange County, California, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Video of officer outside pool party sparks protests in Texas Posted: 09 Jun 2015 12:43 AM PDT A black teenager repeatedly cried out, "Call my momma!" as a white officer pinned her down.

Vincent Bugliosi, prosecutor in Manson trial, dies at 80 Posted: 08 Jun 2015 11:52 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vincent Bugliosi, a prosecutor who parlayed his handling of the Charles Manson trial into a career as a bestselling author, has died, his son said Monday night. He was 80 years old.

Obama says no 'complete strategy' against IS: What he's getting at Posted: 08 Jun 2015 09:12 PM PDT President Obama on Monday repeated his sentiment that, in the past, has drawn heavy criticism: that the United States has not yet developed a full strategy for defeating the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS). A "complete strategy ... requires commitments on the part of the Iraqis as well," Mr. Obama said, speaking in Germany at a press conference wrapping up a two-day summit of the Group of Seven industrialized Western countries. Recommended: Sunni and Shiite Islam: Do you know the difference?

Video of officer who drew gun on black teens raises tension Posted: 08 Jun 2015 06:29 PM PDT McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A black teenager in a swimsuit repeatedly cried out, "Call my momma!" as a white police officer pinned her to the ground, only moments after drawing his handgun on other black teens.

Second psychiatrist: Colorado cinema gunman was sane Posted: 08 Jun 2015 03:45 PM PDT By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - A second court-appointed psychiatrist has concluded that Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes was sane when he fatally shot 12 moviegoers and wounded dozens more in 2012, jurors in his capital murder trial heard on Monday. Psychiatrist Jeffrey Metzner testified that after interviewing Holmes for more than 25 hours he determined that the onetime neuroscience graduate student met the criteria for sanity under Colorado law. "Despite having a mental disability or defect ... Mr. Holmes had the capacity to tell the difference between right and wrong," Metzner said.

Obama targets weaknesses in battle with IS Posted: 08 Jun 2015 02:40 PM PDT The president says the U.S. lacks a "complete strategy" for training Iraqi forces to fight the Islamic State.

U.S. base shipped live anthrax to 19 states plus D.C.: Pentagon Posted: 08 Jun 2015 02:09 PM PDT The number of labs that received live anthrax samples from a U.S. military base in Utah has risen to 66 in 19 states, Washington and three foreign countries, the Pentagon said on Monday. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, said 31 people were receiving precautionary treatment for exposure to live anthrax, unchanged since the Pentagon's last update on the incident. Warren said one new state, Pennsylvania, had been added to the list of locations where live anthrax had been sent.

Pledge sues Penn State, fraternity caught in nude photo scandal Posted: 08 Jun 2015 01:35 PM PDT (Reuters) - The whistleblower in a Penn State University fraternity scandal tied to a private Facebook group featuring photographs of nude and apparently unconscious female students has sued the school and fraternity, according to court documents released on Monday. James Vivenzio says he was subjected to life-threatening hazing, which included being burned by cigarettes and forced to drink bucketfuls of alcohol mixed with vomit and urine while pledging for Kappa Delta Rho, according to the complaint filed in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia. Penn State last month shut down its Kappa Delta Rho chapter for three years over the private Facebook entries, as well as accusations of hazing and other misconduct.

Maryland lawmakers begin hearings on police reforms after riot Posted: 08 Jun 2015 01:18 PM PDT By Donna Owens ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Reuters) - A Maryland legislative task force began hearings on Monday on law-enforcement reforms, spurred by the death of a black man from injuries in Baltimore police custody. Many lawmakers hope that the death of Freddie Gray, 25, which caused protests and rioting in Baltimore in April, can galvanize the Democratic-controlled state Assembly into passing police reforms that have stalled in the statehouse. Maryland is among a number of states grappling with reforms amid allegations of police brutality, especially against black men.

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