Portland, Oregon, police arrest suspected serial killer
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Portland, Oregon, police have arrested an alleged serial killer suspected of murdering four young women, including a 14-year-old girl, in the 1980s who were victims of sex trafficking, prosecutors said on Monday.
9/11 suspect seeks to represent himself in Guantanamo hearing
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A pre-trial hearing for five Guantanamo Bay 9/11 suspects stalled on Monday when one of them asked how to represent himself in the death penalty case.
Milwaukee man charged with murder in 33-year-old cold case
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Milwaukee man has confessed to killing a teenage girl at a party and burying her body under a porch in 1982, a crime that went unsolved until he recently told a local television station and crisis hotline, according to the stati…
U.S. judge dismisses Uber driver lawsuit over data breach
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit filed by an Uber driver against the ride service over a data breach disclosed by the company, according to a ruling on Monday.
Two hurt when live bullets used in Arizona Old West show
TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) – An actor and a woman in the crowd were shot with live bullets during a street reenactment of an Old West gunfight at a show in Arizona that was supposed to be using blanks, authorities said.
Trump, Carson likely to get Secret Service protection: Fox News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service sent letters to congressional leaders on Monday seeking to activate 24-hour protection for Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson, Fox News reported on Monday.
Illinois budget impasse generates more negatives: Moody’s
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois added to the negative factors weighing on the state’s credit rating with the announcement last week that a monthly payment to pension funds would be delayed due to the ongoing budget impasse, Moody’s Investors Service said …
Progress on sentencing reform reveals waning police influence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shortly after legislation surfaced in the U.S. Senate to lower prison sentences for non-violent drug offenders, Fraternal Order of Police Executive Director Jim Pasco heard Vice President Joe Biden say what Pasco had suspected of…
Takata air bag recall to be expanded: U.S. regulator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Monday signaled they will expand a massive Takata Corp recall already affecting more than 19 million vehicles in the United States.
Family of five dead after SUV drives into Phoenix lake
(Reuters) – Three young children and their parents died in Arizona after the family’s sports utility vehicle drove into a lake in a suburb of Phoenix, authorities said.