Atlanta rapper shot dead outside recording studio
(Reuters) – Atlanta rapper Bankroll Fresh, whose real name was Trentavious White, was shot dead outside a recording studio on Friday night, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office said on Saturday.
Chesapeake’s McClendon honored in Oklahoma waterfront ceremony
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Friends, family and employees of Aubrey McClendon gathered at dawn on Saturday at Oklahoma City’s riverfront to pay their respects to the U.S. energy entrepreneur who died this week in a car crash, a day after being indicted o…
VW brand boss sees U.S. emission deal within months: paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s brand chief Herbert Diess said it will take months rather than weeks to reach an agreement with U.S. regulators on an emissions fix for 600,000 diesel cars, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
U.S. land managers reject development near Grand Canyon
(Reuters) – U.S. land managers on Friday rejected a plan that could have opened the way for housing and commercial expansion near the Grand Canyon’s celebrated South Rim, a surprise decision that was decried by developers but praised by environmental groups.
Arizona police officer charged in fatal shooting of unarmed man
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A suburban Phoenix police officer was charged with second-degree murder on Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of an unarmed Texas man at a hotel, prosecutors said.
Washington state woman convicted of murdering six family members
(Reuters) – A Washington state woman was found guilty on Friday of murdering six family members during a Christmas Eve gathering in 2007 after a dispute over money, prosecutors and a newspaper said.
Knife found at O.J. Simpson’s former L.A. home studied by police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police said on Friday they were examining a knife purportedly found at the former home of O.J. Simpson, the onetime football star acquitted of stabbing to death his ex-wife and her friend in the “Trial of the Century” two decade…
Chicago teachers set April 1 for ‘showdown’ with schools
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The head of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) said on Friday that the district will hold off on a controversial cost-cutting move affecting teachers’ pension payments to allow for the labor contract process to play out.
Record-long U.S. spaceflight leaves astronaut feeling sore
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Astronaut Scott Kelly said on Friday he returned from a record-long U.S. spaceflight with sore muscles, joint pain, over-sensitive skin and a sense he had been away for more than a year.
Texas doctor found guilty of bilking insurers, government of $10 million
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas doctor has been found guilty of bilking $10 million from health insurance companies and the U.S. government through fraud, including being paid for attending surgeries while he was actually on his private jet, U.S. prosecutor…
