Meet the officer who caught escaped killer David Sweat
Sgt. Jay Cook was alone and on a routine patrol when he shot and captured the fugitive.
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Decisions in last 3 Supreme Court cases expected Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is meeting for the final time until the fall to decide three remaining cases and add some new ones for the term that starts in October.
New York prison break ends with shooting of second fugitive
David Sweat, one of two New York state inmates who escaped from prison three weeks ago, was shot by police near the Canadian border and rushed to a local hospital on Sunday, two days after his accomplice was killed, authorities said. Some 1,300 members of law enforcement took part in the search through the forests and bogs of northern New York. Sweat, 35, was shot twice and taken into custody
Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma lethal injection process
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a drug used by Oklahoma as part of its lethal injection procedure does not violate the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment, dealing a setback to opponents of the death penalty. The court, in a 5-4 decision with its conservative justices in the majority, handed a loss to three inmates who objected to the
U.S. top court agrees to weigh affirmative action in college admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday waded into a new major battle over the future of affirmative action in university admissions by agreeing to take up for the second time a challenge to the process for picking students used by the University of Texas. The justices agreed to hear a case brought by Abigail Fisher, a white applicant who was denied admission to the entering class of 2008. The court
Huckabee expects civil disobedience in response to SCOTUS gay marriage ruling
Nearly four of 10 U.S. kids exposed to violence
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Phone-based surveys show that nearly four of every 10 kids and teens in the U.S. were exposed to violence or abuse over the previous year, researchers have found. “Children are the most victimized segment of the population,” said study leader David Finkelhor of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. “The full burden of this tends to
U.S. top court invalidates Obama administration mercury air pollution rule
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday invalidated a key Obama administration environmental regulation aimed at limiting emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants. The court ruled in a 5-4 decision, with its five conservative justices in the majority, that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should have weighed the cost of compliance in deciding whether to regulate the pollutants.
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