Jury awards $3 million in damages over Rolling Stone rape story
(Reuters) – A federal court jury awarded $3 million in damages on Monday to a University of Virginia administrator that was found last week to have been defamed by Rolling Stone magazine’s now-retracted story about a gang rape.
Robert Durst of ‘The Jinx’ pleads not guilty to murder in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Wealthy Manhattan real estate scion Robert Durst, whose ties to several slayings were chronicled in the chilling HBO documentary “The Jinx,” pleaded not guilty on Monday to murder in the fatal shooting of a close friend 16 years…
Exclusive: FedEx grounds one plane over GE engine part concern
(Reuters) – FedEx Corp is grounding one of its planes temporarily that has an engine General Electric Co flagged after a passenger jet erupted in flames last month, a spokesman for the cargo airline told Reuters on Monday.
Hate speech seeps into U.S. mainstream amid bitter campaign
KOKOMO, Indiana (Reuters) – The lettering is crude, scrawled in black spray paint on the sidewalk in front of Karen Peters’ neatly kept home in the quiet, working class neighborhood where she’s lived most of her life. But the contempt is clear.
Gunman in deadly L.A. airport attack sentenced to life in prison
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The man who walked into a Los Angeles International Airport terminal and opened fire with an assault rifle in 2013, killing a security screener and wounding three other people, was sentenced on Monday to spend the rest of his li…
Third body found on South Carolina property of accused mass killer
(Reuters) – A third body has been found on the rural South Carolina property of a registered sex offender arrested after a woman missing for two months was found chained there inside a metal storage container, a county coroner said on Monday.
Woman pushed to her death in front of New York subway train
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A woman shoved an unsuspecting traveler off a New York City subway platform into the path of an approaching train on Monday afternoon, killing the victim instantly as bystanders watched in horror, police said.
Case of Georgia man in son’s hot-car death goes to jury
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia jury was set to begin deliberations in the case of a man charged with murdering his son by leaving the toddler in a sweltering car, after prosecutors said on Monday the man allowed the boy to suffer so he could be free o…
Southwest Airlines pilots approve new contract
(Reuters) – Pilots at Southwest Airlines Co voted to ratify a new contract that hikes wages and alters retirement benefits, their union said on Monday, following more than four years of talks.
Ohio man arrested on charge of trying to provide support to Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Ohio man was arrested on Monday on charges of trying to provide material support to Islamic State, the U.S. Justice Department said.
