Justices say no constitutional right to speedy sentencing
The court was being asked for the first time to extend the right to a speedy trial that is part of the Sixth Amendment to the sentencing phase of a case
Trump calls EgyptAir crash ‘another terrorist attack’
Egyptian, French and Greek officials have launched investigations into the crash but say it is too early to determine whether it was due to a technical error or an act of terrorism
Illinois fights US spy agency decision to stay in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Illinois officials are aggressively fighting the preliminary decision to relocate a federal spy agency to a new site in St. Louis, rather than to a site across the Mississippi River in a suburban area of southern Illinois. Both of Illinois’ U.S. senators and three House members from that part of the…
Bayer confirms takeover talks with St. Louis-based Monsanto
BERLIN (AP) — German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG says it has entered talks with the Monsanto Company about the possible acquisition of the U.S.-based specialist in genetically modified crop seeds. Leverkusen-based Bayer said in a short statement Thursday that its executives had met recently with their Monsanto counterparts “to privately discuss a negotiated…
13 Muslims sue in St. Louis over citizenship vetting
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Thirteen Muslims are suing U.S. immigration officials, alleging in the federal case filed in St. Louis a secret “blacklist” was slowing their quest for citizenship. The Post-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit names U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services and immigration officials as defendants. The suit alleges the Controlled Application Review and Resolution…
Trump unveils list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices
Trump said in March he planned to release the list of potential nominees to ease concerns about his conservative credentials in the Republican primary
Large HIV vaccine study planned in South Africa this fall
WASHINGTON (AP) – Scientists are planning a major study of an experimental HIV vaccine in South Africa later this year. The shots are based on the only attempted HIV vaccine ever to show even marginal effectiveness, in Thailand in 2009. The U.S. National Institutes of Health said Wednesday its study in South Africa will use…
Stuck on hot: Earth breaks 12th straight monthly heat record
The first four months of 2016 were 2.05 degrees higher than the 20th century average
Ex-governor: More ugly women than attractive women in US
Ed Rendell says Donald Trump’s past comments on women will likely come back to haunt
‘Affluenza’ teen Ethan Couch moved from maximum security
Couch must spend 180 days in jail for each of the four people he killed in the wreck.