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| U.S. judge bars Colorado from enforcing law banning voter 'selfies' | |  By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A federal judge in Colorado blocked enforcement of a 19th-century state law that bans voters from showing a completed ballot to others, the latest in a flurry of mixed legal rulings on whether to restrict election "selfies" on social media. U.S. District Judge Christine Arguello in Denver issued a preliminary injunction against an 1891 Colorado statute that makes it a misdemeanor offense to reveal the contents of one's ballot. "By issuing an injunction in this case, Coloradans get what they are entitled to - clarity on an issue that implicates fundamental constitutional rights," Arguella wrote in her 26-page ruling.
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| China to weigh up Hong Kong allegiance rules amid independence row | |  By Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's top parliamentary panel will discuss Hong Kong's mini-constitution and how it should be interpreted, the Chinese-ruled city government said on Friday, to try to end a crisis over a fledgling independence movement but raising fears of legal interference. The Hong Kong government confirmed that the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress would consider provisions of Hong Kong's Basic Law related to political allegiance this weekend.
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| Rolling Stone liable for defamation in campus rape story | | | A federal jury on Friday found Rolling Stone magazine liable of defaming a University of Virginia administrator by publishing a story it later retracted about an alleged gang rape at the school. The decision followed a three-week trial in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the administrator, Nicole Eramo, sued the magazine, owner Wenner Media and reporter Sabrina Erdely for $7.9 million. Erdely was found liable of actual malice, a key element in libel law, in six statements in the November 2014 story, "A Rape on Campus." Rolling Stone and Wenner Media were each found liable of actual malice in three statements, according to court documents. |
| Chelsea Manning attempted suicide second time in prison, attorney says | |  U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning, who is serving 35 years in prison for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, attempted suicide last month for the second time, her attorney said on Friday. Manning attempted suicide on Oct. 4, at the start of her stay in solitary confinement for attempting suicide the first time in July, said lawyer Chase Strangio, from the American Civil Liberties Union.
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| Obama says he does not think FBI's Comey is trying to influence election | |  President Barack Obama said on Friday that he does not believe FBI Director James Comey was trying to influence the presidential election when he decided the agency would examine newly discovered emails in its probe of Hillary Clinton's private server. "Now I've said before and I'll say again, Jim Comey is a good man," Obama said in an interview on MSNBC.
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| Ohio judge warns Trump campaign as voter advocates score court wins | | Friday, November 04, 2016 11:56 PM | |
|  By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Ohio ordered Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign on Friday not to intimidate voters as voting-rights advocates scored a string of last-minute victories in several politically competitive states. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge James Gwin creates the possibility of fines or jail time for Trump allies who harass voters, a significant victory for Democrats who had worried the real-estate mogul was encouraging supporters to cause mayhem at the polls on Nov. 8. The ruling also deals a blow to a Trump-aligned "exit poll" that seeks to mobilise thousands of supporters.
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| Egyptian judge who tried Mursi survives assassination attempt | | Friday, November 04, 2016 11:40 PM | |
|  An Egyptian judge who tried former president Mohamed Mursi in 2015 survived an assassination attempt on Friday when a parked car exploded as his vehicle drove by, the Interior Ministry said. The target was Judge Ahmed Aboul Fotouh, who presides over a felony court in a district of Cairo. Judges, policemen and other senior officials have increasingly been targeted by radical Islamists angered by the hefty prison sentences imposed on members of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
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| Arizona 'jihadist' gets eight years in prison for terror bomb plot | | Friday, November 04, 2016 11:30 PM | |
|  By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona teenager who the FBI has said professed to be an "American jihadist" was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime on probation, for plotting to bomb a state motor vehicle office. Mahin Khan, 18, described by his parents as developmentally disabled, received one more year than the minimum prison term he faced during an emotional court hearing in Phoenix for his guilty plea to crimes committed while he was still a minor.
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| Three injured, including suspect, in Rutgers University stabbing | | Friday, November 04, 2016 11:30 PM | |
| | By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two people were stabbed and their suspected attacker was injured at Rutgers University's business school in New Jersey on Friday, the school said. A suspect was taken into custody after the incident that started at about 2:30 p.m. EDT at Rutgers' New Brunswick campus, which includes locations in nearby Piscataway Township, the school said in a statement. "All three individuals were transported to a local hospital for treatment of their injuries," Antonio Calcado, senior vice president of institutional planning and operations at Rutgers, said in a statement. |
| Turkey draws Western condemnation over arrest of Kurdish lawmakers | | Friday, November 04, 2016 11:30 PM | |
|  Turkish authorities arrested the leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish opposition party in a terrorism investigation on Friday, drawing strong international condemnation of a widening crackdown on dissent under President Tayyip Erdogan. Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, co-leaders of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), were jailed pending trial after being held in overnight raids, officials said. Ten other HDP lawmakers were also detained, although some were later released.
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| New York police officer and suspect killed in Bronx shootout | | Friday, November 04, 2016 11:27 PM | |
| | By Gina Cherelus NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City police sergeant was fatally shot and another was wounded on Friday in a shootout on the streets of the Bronx that also resulted in the death of the suspect, a man who had just broken into the apartment of his estranged wife. The officers were responding to a call about the break-in and encountered the suspect's vehicle about half a mile (1 km) away where the man opened fire with a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun, Police Commissioner James O'Neill told a news conference. An exchange of gunfire resulted with the suspect being pronounced dead at the scene while the officers were taken to the hospital, he said. |
| Egypt arrests militants, links them to Muslim Brotherhood | | Friday, November 04, 2016 10:20 PM | |
| | By Ahmed Aboulenein CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities said on Friday they had arrested members of two recently emerged militant groups, along with weapons, explosives and evidence that the organisations had been set up by the Muslim Brotherhood. Police detained five leaders and other members of the Hasam Movement and Louwaa al-Thawra, the Interior Ministry said - both groups that have claimed responsibility for assassination attempts on judges, policemen and military officers. ... |
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