Court postpones hearing on alleged Connecticut mobster
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A federal court in Connecticut has rescheduled a hearing at which lawyers for an accused Connecticut mobster will ask a judge to dismiss gun charges against him, contending they are an effort by federal agents to make him tal…
Terminally ill man granted wish to see Star Wars movie has died
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The terminally ill Texas man and “Star Wars” fan who was granted his dying wish to see the new “The Force Awakens” film before it comes out in theaters has died, just a few days after viewing the movie, the man’s wife said in …
VW only carmaker found cheating by U.S. regulator: magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen is the only carmaker whose diesel engines have been found so far by a U.S. regulator to be using illicit emissions-control software, German magazine Wirtschaftswoche reported.
Florida ‘Facebook Killer’ to claim self defense in wife’s murder
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida man accused of shooting his wife and posting an image of her lifeless body on Facebook was acting in self defense, his lawyer plans to argue at the start of his Miami murder trial on Tuesday.
Ohio State quarterback pleads guilty to impaired driving
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – J.T. Barrett, the starting quarterback for the undefeated Ohio State University Buckeyes, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to driving a vehicle while impaired, after being stopped by police last month at a checkpoint.
Ex-Disneyland employee gets one year in jail for seeking sex from minor
A former Disneyland employee accused of offering tickets to the Southern California amusement park to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl in exchange for sex acts has been sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to the charges, author…
White supremacist to be sentenced for Kansas murders
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – A judge is expected to decide on Tuesday whether a white supremacist convicted of shooting three people to death at two Jewish centers in Kansas last year should be sentenced to death.
University of Missouri president, chancellor out after race protest
COLUMBIA, Mo. (Reuters) – The University of Missouri’s president stepped down on Monday and its chancellor moved aside after protests by the school’s football team and other students over what they saw as soft handling of reports of racial abuse on cam…
South Carolina college officer kills car thief suspect on campus
(Reuters) – A South Carolina college police officer shot and killed a suspected car thief on campus late Monday, triggering a lockdown at the school, police said.
U.S. courts should consider war trauma of veterans on death row: report
(Reuters) – U.S. military veterans make up about 10 percent of inmates on death row and courts are not doing enough to consider post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a mitigating factor in sentencing, a study released on Tuesday said.
