Grand jury won’t consider Minneapolis police shooting: prosecutor
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said on Wednesday that he will not use a grand jury to decide whether to charge two Minneapolis police officers in the shooting death of a 24-year-old black man last November.
Teen who died at Kentucky detention center had heart condition
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Reuters) – A 16-year-old black girl found unresponsive after spending one day at a Kentucky juvenile detention facility died because of a heart-related condition, state officials said on Wednesday.
Expert to review ex-House Speaker Hastert’s health: judge
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Chicago will appoint an independent medical expert to review the health of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, whose sentencing on a financial crime conviction has been delayed, a court order entered on Wednesday said.
Bald eagle eggs about to hatch in Washington’s National Arboretum
WASHINGTON – Two bald eagles, who are known as Mr. President and The First Lady, tend to their eggs in a nest in the U.S. National Arboretum.
Baltimore judge sets trials for police in Freddie Gray death case
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – The trials of six Baltimore police officers charged in connection with Freddie Gray’s death last year will resume in May, more than a year after the black detainee died in police custody, a city judge ruled on Wednesday.
Limo driver indicted for homicide in New York crash that killed four
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The driver of a limousine involved in a crash that killed four women on a Long Island winery tour was charged with criminally negligent homicide on Wednesday, months after a truck driver was charged with drunken driving in the inci…
Ohio can again try to execute man after failed attempt: court
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the state could again try to execute convicted killer Romell Broom after failing to do so seven years ago.
Suspended U.N. diplomat pleads guilty in U.S. bribery case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A suspended deputy United Nations ambassador from the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges that he participated in a scheme to bribe a former U.N. General Assembly president.
N.C. man cleared of 1984 murder dead from likely suicide: police
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A black North Carolina man exonerated in 2004 after 19 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said on Wednesday.
Ohio prosecutor in Tamir Rice shooting case loses re-election bid
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The Ohio prosecutor heavily criticized for failing to indict two Cleveland police officers in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice has lost his bid for re-election.
