Florida killer put to death in first U.S. execution of year
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – A former carnival worker convicted of killing three women in Florida was executed on Thursday after multiple overturned convictions and retrials, the first U.S. execution of 2016.
Florida murderer Oscar Bolin executed for 1986 killing
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – Convicted killer Oscar Ray Bolin Jr. was executed on Thursday for the 1986 murder of a Florida woman, state corrections an official said, in the first U.S. execution of 2016.
Brothels, sex websites shuttered in Seattle-area prostitution bust
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A group of Seattle area men has been charged with using adult websites to promote the sex-trafficking of women from South Korea held inside a network of brothels in upscale Seattle area apartments, in a case linked to more than a do…
Congressman aims to revoke Bill Cosby’s Medal of Freedom
(Reuters) – A U.S. congressman from Arizona said on Thursday he would introduce a bill to strip Bill Cosby of his Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor, citing the sexual assault allegations against the entertainer.
New U.S. diet rules would take 20 percent bite out of American sugar use
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If the U.S. government has its way, Americans would cut their consumption of sugar and corn syrup by more than 2 million tonnes a year, the latest blow for a sweetener industry facing an onslaught of criticism over negative health …
Halo restored to image of Joe Paterno in mural near Penn State campus
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The artist who removed a halo from an image of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno on a mural after he was caught up in the Jerry Sandusky child-sex scandal has put it back on, saying: “It was the right thing to d…
‘Affluenza’ case mom booked into jail on return to Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – The mother of a Texas teenager, derided for a defense of “affluenza” in his trial for killing four people while driving drunk, was flown on Thursday to Texas from California and charged with helping her son escape to Mexic…
Oregon occupation leader rejects sheriff’s bid to end standoff
BURNS, Ore. (Reuters) – The leader of a group of armed protesters occupying the headquarters of a U.S. wildlife refuge in rural southeastern Oregon on Thursday rejected a sheriff’s offer of passage out of the state to end the standoff.
New U.S. diet rules would take 20 pct bite out of American sugar use
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If the U.S. government has its way, Americans would cut their consumption of sugar and corn syrup by more than 2 million tonnes a year, the latest blow for a sweetener industry facing an onslaught of criticism over negative health …
Wal-Mart sued over sale of bullets used in Pennsylvania murders
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world’s largest retailer, faces a lawsuit in Pennsylvania claiming store employees negligently allowed an underage, intoxicated customer to buy a box of bullets later used to commit three murders.
