Cleveland man did not plan murders, lawyers tell jury
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A Cleveland man charged with murdering three women and wrapping their bodies in plastic to disguise them as trash is responsible for their deaths but had not planned them, his lawyers argued on Wednesday in a bid to save him from …
California teens abducted after prom but break free from captor
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 22-year-old man with a handgun kidnapped a teenage couple over the weekend in Southern California after their high school prom, but the abduction was foiled when the boy wrestled away the firearm and hit the suspect with it, p…
New Mexico man faces charges in kidnapping, slaying of Navajo girl
SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) – A man accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico and striking her on the head with a tire iron made his initial court appearance on Wednesday to face murder and other charges related to he…
‘Y’all ruined my life,’ says man, killing co-worker, self in Texas
(Reuters) – A man who had been fired from a Houston-area trucking firm on Wednesday returned to the company and fatally shot a co-worker with a shotgun before taking his own life, the Harris County sheriff said.
Obama: Filtered water in Flint is safe for kids over 6 years old
FLINT, Mich. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged parents in Flint, Michigan, to ensure their children were tested for lead in their blood even as he sought to assure the community that filtered water in the city was safe for anyone ov…
Flint official cuts deal in water crisis, agrees to aid prosecutors
FLINT, Mich. (Reuters) – An official in Flint, Michigan, agreed to cooperate in probes of dangerous levels of lead in the city’s drinking water as part of a deal reached on Wednesday in which he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge and won the di…
Amish lose appeal of convictions in Ohio beard-cutting attacks
(Reuters) – Fifteen members of an Ohio Amish sect convicted in a spate of beard- and hair-cutting attacks on other adherents to their faith lost a bid on Wednesday to have their convictions thrown out, after a U.S. appeals court ruled they had failed t…
Father of ex-investment banker avoids prison for insider trading
(Reuters) – The father of a former investment banker at Perella Weinberg Partners and JPMorgan Chase & Co was sentenced on Wednesday to a year of home confinement and three more years of probation, for trading securities ahead of healthcare mergers based on tips from his son.
Oklahoma woman charged with killing four at parade pleads not guilty
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – A woman charged with killing four people and injuring more than 40 others by plowing her car into a crowd at Oklahoma State University’s 2015 homecoming parade entered a plea of not guilty at a court in Stillwater on Wednesday.
U.S. Navy SEAL killed in Iraq was part of ‘quick reaction force’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy SEAL killed by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq on Tuesday was part of a “quick reaction force” called in after a firefight broke out involving American advisers, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday.
