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Friday, June 9, 2017

Prosecutors seek to turn Cosby's words against him as trial nears end

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Prosecutors were expected to continue using comedian Bill Cosby's own words against him at his sexual assault trial on Friday, as they appeared close to completing their case.

Chelsea Manning thanks Obama in first TV interview after release

(Reuters) - Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who served seven years in prison for leaking classified data, tearfully thanked former President Barack Obama for granting her clemency.

Delaware governor signs first state abortion rights law under Trump

(Reuters) - Delaware's governor has signed into law a bill that ensures abortion remains legal in the state, in the first such move in the country since President Donald Trump was elected on a pledge to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark Supreme Court decision that protects a woman's right to abortion.

Alive but still reeling one year after Florida nightclub shooting

ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Kaliesha Andino has spent the last year running from gunshots. At night, she flashes back to her hiding spot behind a bar in a Florida nightclub, where a bullet ripped through her arm during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Sheriff deputy in Texas, husband faces murder charges in choke death

(Reuters) - A sheriff deputy in the Houston area and her husband were indicted on Thursday with the choking death of a 24-year-old man during a fight outside a Denny's restaurant last month, a prosecutor said.

Firms see big bucks in upgrade of U.S. air traffic control system

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Inside the control tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport, air traffic controllers can track planes traveling hundreds of miles away.

Alabama executes man convicted of three murders

(Reuters) - Alabama executed a 46-year-old man on Thursday for the 1994 murders of three fast-food workers during a late-night robbery, in the 13 execution this year in the United States.

U.S. intelligence contractor pleads not guilty to leaking charge

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence contractor accused of illegally leaking a classified report on Russian interference in U.S. elections to a media outlet pleaded not guilty on Thursday to an espionage offense, and a federal judge denied her request for bail.

Ohio cop on trial in murder of black driver feared for his life

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - A former University of Cincinnati police officer on trial for the murder of an unarmed black motorist feared for his life as the traffic stop unfolded, his attorney said on Thursday.

Montana congressman-elect to be sentenced for altercation with reporter

(Reuters) - Montana Republican congressman-elect Greg Gianforte is expected next week to enter a plea of no contest or a plea of guilty to misdemeanor assault after he was accused of attacking a reporter on the eve of his election, a prosecutor said on Thursday.