U.S. launches probe of alleged civil rights violations at Boston school
BOSTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts on Thursday launched a civil rights investigation into the elite Boston Latin School after black students charged that its administration ignored incidents of racism on campus.
Pennsylvania priest gets 16 years in prison for child sex abuse
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania Roman Catholic priest was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 16 years in prison for sexually abusing boys living in shelters for at-risk children in Honduras, a federal prosecutor said.
Suspect in Virginia students’ murders pleads guilty to all charges
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – An imprisoned former hospital worker pleaded guilty on Wednesday to all charges in the high-profile murder and abduction of two Virginia university students.
Manhunt underway in Mississippi after murder suspect’s escape from jail
VICKSBURG, Miss. (Reuters) – A murder suspect sparked a manhunt in Mississippi on Wednesday after he swiped a jail employee’s clothes, radio and keys and escaped from a county detention facility through a side door, police said.
Thousands without power after storm hits Washington state
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A storm packing fierce winds has left thousands of customers without power in western Washington state on Wednesday, and a woman was seriously injured after a tree toppled onto a Seattle-area home, authorities said.
Tennessee teen shoots grandma trying to rouse him for school: police
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A 16-year-old high school student from Nashville shot and injured his grandmother after she and his mother tried to get him out of bed to go to school, police said on Wednesday.
New York City sees rise in injury claims from jails: comptroller
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City paid more than $13 million in fiscal year 2015 to settle a rising tide of personal injury claims stemming from its jails, particularly the Rikers Island complex, according to a watchdog report released on Wednesday.
U.S. Navy’s ‘unfunded priorities’ list has Boeing, Lockheed fighters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy included 14 Boeing Co F/A-18E/F Super Hornets valued at $1.5 billion and two Lockheed Martin Corp F-35C jets worth $270 million on a list of “unfunded priorities” that it prepared for Congress, according to U.S. …
Man arrested in Florida over $5 million gold heist in 2015
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida man has been arrested over the 2015 robbery of $4.9 million in gold in a roadside heist, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday.
U.S. man accused of using Craigslist to find fake tax dependents
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – A Missouri man has been charged with filing false tax returns after allegedly using Craigslist to find three children he could falsely claim as dependents, a federal prosecutor announced on Wednesday.
