Another 14 men get probation in fraternity hazing death in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Fourteen more former fraternity members pleaded guilty to reduced charges and were sentenced to probation on Wednesday for the 2013 hazing death of a New York college freshman, a day after 15 men entered similar plea bargain…
More than 200 search for missing three-year-old North Carolina girl
(Reuters) – More than 200 investigators were part of a manhunt for a 3-year-old girl who went missing about three days ago from a rural North Carolina county, and residents were asked to search woods and sheds on their property for clues, police said o…
U.S. lawmaker says House intel panel near consensus on NSA spy program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee are close to an agreement on how to overhaul a controversial National Security Agency surveillance program and hope to complete legislation soon, the top Democra…
Big Brother looms as U.S. top court tackles cellphone dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Wednesday they may impose limits on the ability of police to obtain cellphone data from wireless providers to track the location of criminal suspects in a major test of privacy rights in th…
Gun ties arrested man to series of Tampa killings: police
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – A gun owned by a man arrested on charges of murdering four people in Tampa was matched to shell casings found at the crime scenes after a spree that alarmed a city neighborhood, police said on Wednesday.
U.S. radio host Keillor fired over accusation of improper behavior
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. radio host Garrison Keillor, creator of the long-running folksy variety show “A Prairie Home Companion,” has been fired over an accusation of inappropriate behavior, Minnesota Public Radio said on Wednesday.
Lawsuit questions conduct of Madoff victims’ lawyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A new lawsuit accuses a lawyer representing hundreds of victims defrauded by Bernard Madoff of cheating her own clients through overbilling, discouraging settlements and having conflicts of interest.
Man arrested, to be charged with murder in four Tampa shootings
(Reuters) – A 24-year-old man will face murder charges for a string of deadly shootings over the past two months that had left a Tampa, Florida neighborhood fearing a serial killer was on the loose.
U.S. high court justices raise privacy worries in major cellphone case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Wednesday they may impose limits on the ability of police to obtain cellphone data from wireless providers to track the location of criminal suspects in a major test of privacy rights in th…
Perpetrator of 2016 attack at Ohio State acted alone: FBI
(Reuters) – A Somali immigrant who wounded 11 people in a car and knife attack at Ohio State University a year ago was influenced by the ideology of militant group Islamic State, but had no outside help in planning the violence, the FBI said on Wednesd…
