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…
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.
