Oregon family sues airplane kit maker after fatal crash kills girl, four
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – The family of a 4-year-old girl who died when the home-built airplane her grandfather was flying crashed in Oregon last year has sued the plane’s build-it-yourself kit maker for $35 million, attorneys said on Tuesday.
Texas teen arrested over clock is moving to Qatar with his family
DALLAS (Reuters) – The Texas boy arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb is moving to Qatar, his family said on Tuesday, a few hours after he was at the White House for an astronomy night hosted by President Barack…
Apple tells U.S. judge ‘impossible’ to unlock new iPhones
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc told a U.S. judge that accessing data stored on a locked iPhone would be “impossible” with devices using its latest operating system, but the company has the “technical ability” to help law enforcement unlock older phones…
Gulf of Mexico oil rig worker dies in accident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A crew member on a Gulf of Mexico oil rig contracted by Chevron Corp was killed in an accident, the company said on Tuesday.
Ex-Idaho college official who offered scholarships for sex gets jail
(Reuters) – A former financial aid director for an Idaho college who prosecutors say offered scholarships to students in exchange for sex has been sentenced to 107 days in jail after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the case, court officials sa…
Mexican man gets 27 years in killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent
TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) – A federal judge has sentenced a Mexican man to 27 years in prison for his role in the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in a 2010 shootout with a gang that had crossed the border illegally to rob drug smugglers.
Smart phone app finds missing student in Georgia railroad ditch
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Atlanta police on Tuesday were looking into what happened to a Georgia Institute of Technology student missing for several days until he was found injured but alive in a railroad ditch by friends using a smartphone app, a police spo…
Officials investigate fires at black St. Louis churches
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Federal and local authorities are investigating six arson fires at mostly black churches in the St. Louis area, and a $2,000 award has been offered for information leading to the person or persons responsible, the city’s mayor sai…
New Jersey man sentenced for selling threatened turtles in the mail
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey man was sentenced on Tuesday to five years of probation for tying threatened turtles in tube socks and selling them through the mail.
Judge upholds verdict in New Hampshire prep school rape trial
(Reuters) – A New Hampshire judge on Tuesday upheld the August conviction of a former prep school student for using a computer to “lure” a fellow student into a sexual encounter, a charge that could require him to register as a sex offender for life.
