No date yet for new trial in Baltimore officer’s manslaughter trial
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Maryland judge and lawyers failed on Thursday to set a new trial date after a mistrial for a police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, a court spokeswoman said.
Bomb threats empty two Washington, D.C., high schools before all clear given
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two high schools in southeastern Washington, D.C., were evacuated on Thursday after receiving bomb threats, but officials later gave the all clear after determining the threats were hoaxes, media reported on Thursday.
Mass. Catholic school violated gay man’s rights, court rules
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Boston-area Roman Catholic girls’ high school violated a gay man’s rights when it revoked an offer for him to work as director of food services after he revealed on a form that he was married to another man, a state court has ruled…
NY man pleads guilty to trying to support Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempting to recruit fighters to join Islamic State in Syria.
Actor Dustin Diamond withdraws appeal in Wisconsin stabbing case
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Dustin Diamond, who played the nerdy Screech in the early 1990s U.S. television sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” withdrew the appeal of his conviction for a Christmas night barroom stabbing in a Milwaukee suburb, court records showed o…
Exclusive: San Bernardino shooters buried in quiet funeral following Islamic rituals
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who opened fire on a San Bernardino holiday party earlier this month, were buried Tuesday in a quiet, graveside funeral.
Disney, other U.S. theme parks boost security screenings: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Major U.S. theme parks in Florida and California, including Disney, SeaWorld and Universal Studios, are implementing additional security measures to screen visitors, Hearst’s Orlando, Florida-based WESH-TV reported.
Georgia mayor died from self-inflicted shot, autopsy shows
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An autopsy indicates that the mayor of a small city in northern Georgia killed himself earlier this week after a dispute with his wife, investigators said on Thursday.
Amid chronic U.S. homelessness, Northwest backs ‘tent cities’
SEATTLE (Reuters) – For years, Jammie Nichols struggled with a drug habit that left the Florida mother reeling from blackouts, seizures, depression and poverty – and a decision to give one of her children up for adoption.
California theater actor convicted of killing veteran, friend
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California community theater actor was found guilty on Wednesday of killing his neighbor in a plot to drain his bank account, then slaying the man’s friend to try and cover up the crime, according to court records and media re…
