Reuters US Domestic News Summary

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. Fans pack Boston streets for Patriots' Super Bowl parade

Hundreds of thousands of football fans packed into Boston's streets on Tuesday to catch a glimpse of the New England Patriots after their record-tying sixth Super Bowl win. A parade of World War Two-era amphibious duck boats blasted confetti into the sky, while players including quarterback Tom Brady, linebacker Dont'a Hightower and famously taciturn head coach Bill Belichick, celebrated the team's 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. Colorado jogger strangles mountain lion after attack on trail

A Colorado jogger strangled a juvenile mountain lion in the foothills of Horsetooth Mountain northwest of Denver, acting in self-defense after the predator attacked him, authorities said on Tuesday. The man, who was not identified, survived the life-and-death struggle in the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, a mountain park less than 70 miles (110 km) from Denver, officials said. Prisoners tell court of frigid conditions in New York federal jail

A prisoner in a Brooklyn federal detention facility told a judge on Tuesday that he endured days in a cold, dark cell after an electrical fire cut power and heat during one of the coldest weeks in New York City this winter. The frigid conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center sparked a public outcry and protests by political activists and friends and families of the 1,600 prisoners held there. 'El Chapo' U.S. drug trial jury ends second day without verdict

Jurors in the U.S. trial of accused Mexican drug cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman ended their second day of deliberations on Tuesday without reaching a verdict. The 12 jurors in federal court in Brooklyn began their deliberations shortly after 9 a.m. (1300 GMT), and were sent home at 4:15 p.m. They are expected to resume at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Chicago mayor condemns anti-Muslim emails written by Cubs family head

Chicago's mayor on Tuesday condemned the "ignorance and intolerance" in emails written by Joe Ricketts, head of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs baseball team, in which he expresses anti-Muslim sentiment. The emails dated from 2009 to 2013 and published on Monday by the Splinter news website, include one in which Ricketts says Americans should never let Islam become a "large part" of society. LA coroner rules woman killed by foul ball at Dodger Stadium

A California woman died last August as a result of being hit in the head by a batted ball during a Major League Baseball (MLB) game at Dodger Stadium, according to a Los Angeles County coroner's report obtained on Tuesday. As stated in a copy of the coroner's report sent to Reuters, the 79-year-old woman died of "acute intracranial haemorrhage due to history of blunt force trauma" four days after she was struck in the head with a baseball during an Aug. 25 game. Arizona nurse pleads not guilty to raping disabled woman who gave birth

An Arizona nurse pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to raping a severely disabled woman in a crime that only came to light when the victim unexpectedly gave birth in the long-term care facility where she had been a patient for about two decades. Nathan Sutherland, 36, wearing an orange jumpsuit and shackled at the wrists and legs, entered his plea during a brief arraignment at the Maricopa County Superior Court. His next court appearance was set for March 19. Rapper 21 Savage being held unfairly, attorneys claim

Attorneys for rapper 21 Savage, who was taken into custody in Atlanta on immigration charges over the weekend, said on Monday that he had been arrested based on incorrect information about his criminal record and should be released while awaiting court proceedings. The entertainer, whose real name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested on Sunday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents over accusations that he had overstayed his visa by more than a decade. He came to the United States from Britain in 2005, officials said. Sandusky to be resentenced on child sex conviction

A Pennsylvania court on Friday ordered former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky to be resentenced for his child sex abuse conviction, saying the mandatory minimum sentence of 30-60 years had become illegal since the trial judge imposed it. In its ruling on Friday, the Pennsylvania Superior Court denied Sandusky, now 75, a new trial on charges of raping boys left in his care, even as it said a resentencing was warranted. U.S. judge dismisses Stormy Daniels' claim against ex-Trump lawyer Cohen

A federal judge has granted adult film actress Stormy Daniels' request to dismiss a defamation claim against U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen, while letting her pursue her lawsuit against Trump and Cohen to end a hush money settlement. In a decision made public on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge James Otero in Los Angeles said federal rules permitted Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, to amend her lawsuit, and there was "nothing wrong" with her request to drop the defamation claim.