Italy arrests African migrant over murder of U.S. woman Ashley Olsen
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – Italian police have arrested a Senegalese illegal immigrant who prosecutors believe killed Ashley Olsen, a U.S. woman who was found dead in her apartment in Florence last weekend.
Trump campaign member praises Oregon wildlife refuge occupation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said the armed standoff at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon had gone on “too long,” and that once people are allowed to take over federal property, “you don’t have a government anymore.”
Accused Colorado clinic shooter intends to plead guilty, expects execution: report
DENVER (Reuters) – The man accused of fatally shooting three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year told a Denver television station that he wants to plead guilty and expects to be executed, the CBS affiliate reported on Wednesday….
Fate of Florida death row inmates in limbo after U.S. Supreme Court ruling
TAMPA, Fla. – The fate of the 390 inmates on Florida’s death row was uncertain after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the state’s capital punishment sentencing process.
New Jersey, Florida, were hotbeds of foreclosures in 2015: report
(Reuters) – New Jersey and Florida were poster children for U.S. home foreclosures last year, with both states and several of their metropolitan areas topping the list in 2015, according to RealtyTrac data released on Thursday.
California lottery says it has a Powerball winner
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The California Lottery said on its Twitter feed that it has a winner for the $1.5 billion lottery held on Wednesday, with the winning ticket being sold in Chino Hills.
Ohio man who recorded aftermath of fatal crash gets 30 days in jail
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man who leaned into a wrecked car and took a video of two seriously injured teenagers after a crash without making an effort to aid them was sentenced by a judge on Wednesday to 30 days in jail, media reported.
Winning numbers selected in U.S. Powerball lottery drawing
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The winning numbers selected in Wednesday’s U.S. Powerball lottery drawing were 08 27 34 04 19 and the Powerball number 10, lottery officials said.
Man held on U.S. terror charges targeted Texas malls: newspaper
(Reuters) – A Palestinian born in Iraq who entered the United States as a refugee was an Islamic State sympathizer planning to set off bombs at two Houston malls, a federal investigator was quoted as telling a U.S. court on Wednesday.
U.S. Supreme Court gives boost to child slave labor case against Nestle
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to hold Nestle, the world’s largest food maker, accountable for using child slaves to harvest cocoa in Africa looks set to be a landmark battle over lab…
