Teen charged in Pennsylvania stabbing spree moved to adult lockup
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A teenager charged with attempting to murder 21 people in a stabbing spree at his Pennsylvania high school was transferred to an adult lockup on Thursday, his 18th birthday, while his lawyers sought to have him tried as a juvenil…
Federal appeals court hears arguments on Wisconsin abortion law
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Federal appeals court judges on Thursday challenged Wisconsin to defend its suspended law requiring abortion doctors to have privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital, in a case that could help propel abortion rights back to…
Govt. shutdown threat is a fixture of U.S. politics but unknown elsewhere
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bureaucrats in Brazil keep stamping visas and collecting taxes when the president and Congress battle over spending. In Romania, regulators keep issuing permits while the prime minister faces corruption charges.
Illinois policeman fatally shot with his own gun: police
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A northern Illinois policeman killed in early September was fatally shot with his own weapon after a struggle, a police commander told a news conference on Thursday.
EPA says ‘likely’ recall of VW diesel cars
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that a recall of affected Volkswagen < diesel cars in the ongoing emissions scandal would “likely” take place.
South Dakota student charged with attempted murder of principal
(Reuters) – A South Dakota teenager accused of shooting his principal in the arm was charged on Thursday as an adult with attempted first-degree murder and a felony firearms offense, authorities said.
Suit against maker of gun used in Newtown attack sent back to state court
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Reuters) – A federal judge has sent back to state court a lawsuit filed by the families of 10 victims of the 2012 massacre in a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school against the maker of the rifle used in the attack.
Former peanut plant managers get prison time in salmonella outbreak
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Two former peanut plant managers who testified against their boss in one of the largest food poisoning cases in the United States received prison sentences in Georgia on Thursday for their own roles in the deadly salmonella outbreak…
West Virginia trial starts for mine executive in deadly 2010 blast
(Reuters) – A former coal company executive goes on trial in a West Virginia court on Thursday on federal charges stemming from a 2010 mine explosion that killed 29 people.
Accused Arizona highway shooter pleads not guilty
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A man charged with carrying out several recent shootings along a major highway in Arizona pleaded not guilty on Thursday to 15 felonies including drive-by shooting and aggravated assault, a court spokesman said.
