Rape retrial begins for ex-Vanderbilt football player
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Former Vanderbilt University football player Brandon Vandenburg’s retrial began on Wednesday with jury selection, nearly a year after a judge declared a mistrial following his conviction for the June 2013 rape of an unconsc…
Former Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy to appeal manslaughter conviction
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – A white former volunteer sheriff’s deputy in Oklahoma has filed court papers saying he will appeal his manslaughter conviction for fatally shooting an unarmed black suspect with a pistol he said he mistook for a Taser, court of…
At largest U.S. training site, police dogs learn to thwart attacks
STORMVILLE, N.Y. (Reuters) – At a sprawling campus north of New York City, a 3-year-old German Shepherd named Johnny frantically sniffed through seats and luggage bins on an out-of-service commuter rail train trying to catch a whiff of hidden explosive…
Non-profit for late caricaturist Al Hirschfeld sues NY gallery
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A non-profit that exhibits art by the late theater and screen caricaturist Al Hirschfeld has filed a lawsuit against a New York gallery that has long sold his work, court records on Wednesday showed.
Ex-CIA agent appeal fails, faces extradition to Italy
LISBON (Reuters) – A former CIA agent will be extradited to Italy for her involvement in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric under the U.S. “extraordinary rendition” program, after a last appeal to Portuguese authorities failed, she said on Wednesday….
Five cyclists killed, four injured in Michigan car crash
(Reuters) – Five cyclists were killed and four injured on Tuesday evening when a pickup truck collided with a cycling group along a road in southwest Michigan, officials said.
Opponents say Massachusetts pot initiative text is hazy on food
BOSTON (Reuters) – A ballot initiative that would allow Massachusetts voters to legalize recreational marijuana use is fatally flawed because it does not explicitly say it would also legalize the sale of food containing the drug, opponents argued on We…
Two South Carolina Air National Guard pilots survive mid-air crash
(Reuters) – Two South Carolina Air National Guard fighter pilots ejected safely from their jets after they collided over eastern Georgia while performing routine night operations, the National Guard said on Wednesday.
VW receives regulatory approval for fixes on 1.1 million cars
BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen said on Wednesday it received regulatory approval to fix another 1.1 million cars, raising the number of VW models cleared for refitting to more than 2.5 million since the start of the year.
Blue Angels cancels two air show appearances after Tennessee crash death
(Reuters) – The Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron has canceled appearances at two upcoming shows in Ohio and New York days after one of its pilots was killed in a crash, the Navy said.
