Massachusetts teenager faces trial for murdering high school teacher
SALEM, Mass. (Reuters) – A Massachusetts prosecutor on Monday described a 16-year-old former high school student charged with murdering his math teacher as a remorseless killer, while his attorney portrayed the teen as mentally disturbed and not in con…
U.S. top court’s Texas abortion ruling to have broad impact in states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – (The Nov. 14, 2015 story was refiled to correct the second paragraph to read “strikes down” instead of “upholds” the Texas law)
Michigan Tech student to appear in court for threats against black students
DETROIT (Reuters) – A male student was scheduled to appear in court on Monday to face a charge of disturbing the peace by making threats through social media against black students at Michigan Technological University.
Gun threat on campus closes Washington College in Maryland
(Reuters) – A gun threat on campus early on Monday closed Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, though the school said that a student who had reportedly returned to his home in Pennsylvania to retrieve a gun was not believed to have returned to …
Ex-New York Senate leader, son face corruption trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son are set to face trial on Monday on charges the politician pressured companies doing business with the state to give his son hundreds of thousands of dollars in jo…
Vigil honors California student slain in Paris attacks
LONG BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) – More than 1,000 people overflowed a ballroom at California State University, Long Beach, on Sunday to honor and remember an exchange student who was cut down indiscrimately by suspected Islamic State militants in Paris on…
Pentagon says five Guantanamo detainees transferred to United Arab Emirates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were transferred to the government of the United Arab Emirates, the U.S. Defense Department said on Sunday.
Zebras escape circus, roam Philadelphia streets for about an hour
(Reuters) – Two zebras broke free from a circus in Philadelphia on Sunday, bringing traffic to a crawl as they roamed city streets for about an hour and strolled past customers inside a fitness center, authorities said.
About 1,500 Mormons resign from church in protest of same-sex policy
(Reuters) – About 1,500 Latter-day Saints have submitted letters of resignation from the Mormon Church to protest a new policy barring children of married same-sex couples from being baptized until they are adults, movement organizers said on Sunday.
El Al flight makes emergency landing in Montana
(Reuters) – An El Al Israel Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Montana on Sunday after the pilot received an automated alert that the aircraft’s engine was on fire, transportation officials said.
