Man pleads guilty in North Dakota oil patch murder-for-hire plots
(Reuters) – An oil truck operator pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to orchestrating the killings of two business rivals competing for work in North Dakota’s giant Bakken oil patch, court records show.
Jury convicts Miami man who says he grew pot for cancer-stricken wife
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Miami jury convicted a man who faces up to 35 years in prison for growing marijuana in a bedroom of his house in what he says was an act of love to help his wife who is recovering from breast cancer, local media reported.
Boeing U.S. tanker plane makes first flight
(Reuters) – Boeing Co’s first fully equipped KC-46A refueling plane completed a four-hour inaugural flight on Friday, a milestone for the $49 billion program that has run into cost and schedule issues in recent years.
Former NFL player McDonald pleads not guilty to rape
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) – Former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald pleaded not guilty on Friday to a charge of rape by intoxication of a woman who reported being sexually assaulted at his home last December.
Mentally disabled immigrants get chance to contest U.S. deportation
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hundreds of mentally disabled immigrants ordered deported after having to represent themselves in court will get a chance to contest their expulsion with help from an attorney under a settlement approved on Friday, a civil liber…
Students killed in Seattle bus crash were from four countries
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Four college students killed in the crash of their charter bus and an amphibious tour bus on a Seattle bridge were from Austria, China, Indonesia and Japan, their school said on Friday.
Pope’s visit to New York school sparks hope for shuttered parish
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cheers rang out in the streets of Harlem on Friday, as crowds listening remotely to Pope Francis on his visit to a mostly Latino and black school heard him share Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s famous words about fighting for your beli…
Michigan man, 85, dies in fall from zip line at camp
(Reuters) – An 85-year-old man died after falling about 25 feet while using a zip line at a Christian camp on Saginaw Bay in Michigan, authorities said on Friday.
Accused Miami marijuana grower says it was for wife’s cancer
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Miami jury began deliberating the fate of a man who faces up to 35 years in prison for setting up a marijuana growing operation in a bedroom of his house, in what he says was an act of love to help his wife who is recovering from br…
At U.N., pope condemns ‘boundless thirst’ for wealth and power
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Friday condemned the craving for material gains and power, warning an annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations that greed is destroying the Earth’s resources and aggravating poverty.
