Fugitive caught in 25-year-old Oregon rape, kidnapping case: CNN
(Reuters) – A man sought for more than two decades on rape and kidnapping charges in Oregon was arrested Monday in Mexico, after the television program “The Hunt” highlighted his case, according to CNN, which carries the crimefighting show.
Missouri AG finds no evidence Planned Parenthood mishandled fetal tissue
(Reuters) – An investigation in Missouri found no evidence that Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis clinic mishandled fetal tissue or engaged in unlawful activity, Attorney General Chris Koster’s office said on Monday.
Extreme sports performer Roner dies in California skydiving accident
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Extreme sports performer Erik Roner died in a skydiving accident near Lake Tahoe, California, on Monday after he struck a tree, authorities said.
Planned Parenthood sues Utah governor over defunding
(Reuters) – Planned Parenthood sued Utah’s governor on Monday for directing state agencies to discontinue their contracts with the women’s healthcare provider after an anti-abortion group released secretly recorded videos that caused a political firest…
Elderly Montana woman injured in rare black bear attack
(Reuters) – An elderly woman has been hospitalized with serious injuries she suffered in a rare attack by a black bear outside her rural home near the city of Kalispell in northwestern Montana, wildlife managers said on Monday.
Half of Oregon’s bridges would collapse in major quake: officials
PORTLAND (Reuters) – As Oregon comes to terms with growing evidence that an extremely large earthquake is likely to strike in coming decades, transportation authorities in the state said on Monday that half the state’s bridges could collapse when “the …
State suspends amphibious truck tour service after Seattle crash
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state commission suspended an amphibious tour service operator in Seattle on Monday while it investigates last week’s crash with a charter bus carrying international students in which five people died, an official said….
New Jersey high school football player died from lacerated spleen
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey high school football player’s death on Saturday was the result of massive internal bleeding from a lacerated spleen, the medical examiner said in a statement on Monday.
New York woman gets seven years prison for helping inmates escape
(Reuters) – A prison employee who helped two convicted murderers escape from a maximum security prison in upstate New York was sentenced on Monday to up to 7 years behind bars for providing the inmates with tools used in their daring break-out.
Georgia woman set for execution gets last-minute clemency hearing
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia’s only female death row inmate won a last-minute clemency hearing on Monday, a day before she is due to be executed by lethal injection, the state parole board said.
