New rules bring California a step closer to resuming executions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California published its proposed rules for lethal injection of condemned prisoners on Friday, moving the state a step closer to resuming executions after putting them on hold for nearly a decade.
California high school student confesses to racist computer post
(Reuters) – A 15-year-old high school student has confessed to posting a threatening and racist message that turned up on a school computer and prompted a mass student walkout in Berkeley, California, police and school officials said on Friday.
Policeman cannot use ‘0INK’ license plate: Indiana Supreme Court
(Reuters) – Indiana acted properly in forbidding a police officer from using a vanity license plate that said “0INK,” the state’s highest court decided on Friday, reversing a lower court ruling.
Man who landed gyrocopter at U.S. Capitol to plead guilty: lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Florida man who flew a gyrocopter onto the U.S. Capitol grounds in an effort to advocate for campaign finance reform will plead guilty and face jail time when he appears in federal court this month, his lawyer said Friday.Dougl…
Convicted Russian Taliban fighter to be sentenced in U.S. next month
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – The first enemy combatant from Afghanistan to be found guilty in a U.S. federal court of charges related to helping Taliban fighters will be sentenced next month, a judge ruled on Friday, according to a defense attorney.
Autumn storms make small dent in California drought
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Fall storms that brought rain and snow to parts of California have made a small but measurable dent in the state’s four-year drought, experts said.
Six die in charter bus crash in Arkansas -police
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Six people died early on Friday morning when a charter bus veered off an interstate highway in Arkansas and crashed into a concrete barrier and an overpass, according to state police.
Missouri police fatally shoot man who injured relatives with hammer
St. LOUIS (Reuters) – A Missouri man who had seriously wounded his sister and nephew with a hammer was shot to death by police after he repeatedly refused orders to drop his weapon, an official said on Friday.
New York woman who aided prison escape to pay $80,000 restitution
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) – A former prison worker who helped two convicted killers escape from a maximum security lockup in upstate New York earlier this year will pay nearly $80,000 in restitution to repair damage caused by the inmates in preparing…
N.Y. jurors urged to convict accused mobster for ‘Goodfellas’ heist
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors urged a New York jury on Friday to convict an octogenarian mobster for his role in an infamous 1978 airport heist that helped inspire the movie “Goodfellas.”
