Virginia political blackface scandal widens to attorney general
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring wore blackface at a college costume party in 1980, he said in a statement Wednesday as the crisis sparked by racist photograph on the governor’s medical yearbook page spread through the state’s leadership.
Jury in third day of deliberations in ‘El Chapo’ trial
Jurors in the U.S. trial of accused Mexican drug cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman began their third day of deliberations on Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn.
Massachusetts manslaughter conviction upheld in teen texting suicide case
Massachusetts’ top court on Wednesday upheld the manslaughter conviction of a woman accused of goading her teenage boyfriend into committing suicide in 2014 with text messages and phone calls, in a case that drew national attention to cyber-bullying.
New Mexico governor pulls National Guard troops from U.S.-Mexico border
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered most of the National Guard troops deployed at the state’s border with Mexico to withdraw, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s contention there was a border crisis.
Top Massachusetts court backs guilty verdict in teen texting suicide case
Massachusetts’ top court on Wednesday upheld a woman’s conviction for manslaughter for goading her teenage boyfriend into suicide with a series of text messages in 2014, in a case that drew national attention to cyber-bullying.
U.S. Army to buy some Israeli-designed Iron Dome missile defenses
The U.S. Army plans to buy a limited number of Iron Dome missile defense systems from Israel as it assesses options for its long-term needs, the military branch said in a statement on Wednesday.
Massachusetts top court upholds teen texting suicide verdict
Massachusetts’ top court on Wednesday upheld a woman’s conviction for manslaughter for goading her teenage boyfriend into suicide with a series of text messages in 2014 in a case that drew national attention to cyber-bullying.
U.S. Army to buy some Iron Dome weapon systems for short-term use
The U.S. Army plans to buy a limited number of Iron Dome weapon systems while it weighs other options for more long-term needs, the military branch said in a statement on Wednesday.
A year after high school shooting, Florida town still struggling
(In this February 6 story corrects paragraph 13 to show the 5k run is in honor of Stoneman’s athletic director, not football coach)
Wisconsin man due in court on charges of kidnapping Jayme Closs and murdering her parents
The Wisconsin man charged with kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and murdering her parents, sparking a three-months-long search that ended only after Jayme Closs escaped captivity, is due in court on Wednesday.
