Boy, 16, charged with murder in shooting of California policeman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 16-year-old boy was charged with murder on Friday in connection with the killing of a police officer who was shot as he sat in his car outside his department’s headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, prosecutors said…
Man accused in death of Kentucky girl who vanished during football game
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A man is accused of murder and other crimes in the death of a 7-year-old girl who disappeared during a high school football game last weekend, Kentucky State Police said on Friday.
New York teen accused of supporting Islamic State to be tried as adult
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York teenager charged with conspiring to support Islamic State should be tried as an adult, despite having been only 17 at the time he allegedly committed the crime, a federal judge ruled.
Chicago braces for release of graphic police shooting video
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago city officials, police and community activists were carefully planning on Friday for release in the coming days of a video of an October 2014 fatal police shooting of a black teenager that is said to be graphic and disturbin…
Atlanta man gets 10 year sentence in Lil Wayne tour bus shooting
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An Atlanta man was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison for shooting at Grammy-winning rap music star Lil Wayne’s tour buses last April, Georgia prosecutors said.
U.S. to auction real wine from fraudster who sold fake wine
(Reuters) – The U.S. Marshals Service plans to auction 4,711 bottles of wine that belonged to Rudy Kurniawan, the Indonesian wine dealer serving a 10-year prison term following his 2013 fraud conviction for making and selling counterfeit wine.
Obama administration asks top court to revive immigration plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive President Barack Obama’s executive action to protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation, saying Republican-led states had no legal basis to ch…
Montana governor grants clemency in 36-year-old murder
(Reuters) – Montana’s governor granted clemency on Friday to a man convicted of murder as a teenager in the 1979 bludgeoning death of a female classmate in a case that ignited debate about severe punishment of teen offenders.
Chipotle E. coli outbreak reaches six states, shares tumble
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that three additional states reported E. coli infections from the same strain as the Chipotle Mexican Grill outbreak, sending shares in the chain down more…
Judge presses prosecutors to help U.S. citizen in Colombian prison
(Reuters) – A Manhattan federal judge on Friday berated U.S. prosecutors for opposing the efforts of a U.S. citizen to leave the Colombian prison where he is currently incarcerated and return immediately to New York to face securities fraud charges.
