Texas execution delayed for man who murdered his daughters
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls’ mother heard the fatal gunshots and her children’s screams on the telephone, had his planned execution on Thursday delayed as courts con…
Girl, 12, arrested in shooting that left five wounded at Los Angeles school
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 12-year-old girl opened fire in a Los Angeles middle-school classroom on Thursday, injuring five people including a 15 year-old-boy who was shot in the head before she was taken into custody, police said.
Actor Robert Wagner named ‘person of interest’ in wife Natalie Wood’s drowning: CBS
(Reuters) – Los Angeles County homicide detectives have named actor Robert Wagner a “person of interest” in the probe of the unexplained 1981 drowning of his wife, actress Natalie Wood, saying he was the last person with her before she vanished off Sou…
U.S. judge gives Indonesian illegal immigrants deportation reprieve
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday blocked the deportation of 50 Indonesian Christians who have been living illegally in New Hampshire while they seek to reopen their immigration cases to argue they would likely face religious persecution i…
Amtrak train braked before fatal Virginia crash: safety agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A chartered Amtrak train carrying U.S. Republican lawmakers was traveling at 61 miles per hour (98.17 kilometers per hour) when the engineer applied the brakes before striking a truck on the tracks in Crozet, Virginia, investigat…
Girl in ‘Slenderman’ stabbing is given 40 years in psychiatric care
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Wisconsin judge committed a 15-year-old girl to 40 years in state psychiatric care on Thursday for her role along with a friend in stabbing a classmate 19 times to placate the fictitious bogeyman “Slenderman.”
Detroit expects to end state oversight this spring
(Reuters) – Detroit expects to emerge soon from three years of state supervision of its post-bankruptcy finances after the city ended its last fiscal year with a budget surplus, a city official said on Thursday.
U.S. government proposes 1.84 percent hike in 2019 payments to Medicare insurers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Thursday proposed an increase of 1.84 percent on average in its 2019 payments to the health insurers that manage Medicare Advantage insurance plans for more than 20 million elderly or disabled people.
New York accuses Insys of deceptively marketing opioid
(Reuters) – Insys Therapeutics Inc’s legal woes deepened on Thursday as New York’s attorney general filed a lawsuit seeking at least $75 million from the company, which he said deceptively promoted a fentanyl-based cancer pain medicine for unsafe uses….
Two shot at Los Angeles school, girl arrested: police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 12-year-old girl was taken into custody Thursday after a shooting in a Los Angeles middle-school classroom in which five people were injured, including a 15 year-old-boy who was shot in the head but expected to survive, police…
