California lawmakers OK $1 million settlement in girl’s jail suicide
(Reuters) – Southern California lawmakers have agreed to pay $1 million to the family of a 16-year-old girl who committed suicide by hanging herself in a juvenile hall facility in 2013, officials said on Friday.
U.S. likely to make another South China Sea patrol before year-end: Navy official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy will likely carry out another patrol within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea before the end of the year, a U.S. Navy official said on Friday.
One American killed in attack on hotel in Mali: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen died in the attack on a luxury hotel in Bamako, Mali, where armed Islamist militants took hostages on Friday, the U.S. State Department said.
Magnitude 4.1 quake hits north Oklahoma, second in 2 days
(Reuters) – A magnitude 4.1 quake hit near the north Oklahoma town of Medford on Friday, the second temblor in two days to hit the area where energy extraction takes place.
Texas oilman seeks appeal after love triangle murder conviction
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – A 68-year-old oilman involved in a love triangle plans to appeal his life sentence for the shooting death of the ex-husband of his wealthy heiress girlfriend, the man’s attorney said on Friday.
Protesters against Minneapolis police shooting ousted from city council meeting
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – At least three protesters were removed from a Minneapolis city council meeting on Friday after they voiced their disapproval over how city leaders have handled the investigation of Sunday’s police killing of an unarmed African-A…
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…
