Killer captured after mistaken release from Louisiana jail
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A convicted killer who was accidentally released from jail last week in Louisiana has been captured in Georgia, the U.S. Marshals Service said on Friday.
Hurricane Joaquin batters Bahamas, fate of cargo ship unknown
NASSAU (Reuters) – The fate of more than 30 crew aboard a cargo ship missing off the Bahamas in heavy seas whipped up by Hurricane Joaquin was unknown on Friday as the powerful storm battered the island chain for a second day.
Missouri governor commutes death sentence for Kimber Edwards
(Reuters) – Kimber Edwards, who was convicted of hiring someone to kill his ex-wife in 2000, had his death sentence commuted by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday, after a newspaper reported that the murderer now says he acted alone.
Massachusetts priest who admitted child rape to be released from prison
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former Massachusetts priest who figured prominently in the Roman Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal and pleaded guilty in 2002 to raping a child will be released from prison after prosecutors dropped their effort on Friday to send…
El Paso school buildings locked down for about an hour, no one hurt
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A lockdown lasting more than an hour was ordered for school buildings and offices in El Paso, Texas, on Friday because of a suspected armed person on campus, a local school district said in a social media post, adding no one w…
Five shot, one man killed in Baltimore shooting: police
(Reuters) – Five people were shot and one of them, an adult male, killed in an incident in Baltimore on Friday, Baltimore Police said.
Girlfriend of former U.S. treasure hunter gets one month in jail
(Reuters) – The girlfriend of a former treasure hunter was sentenced to one month in jail on Friday, months after the couple was captured with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash they had received for loot recovered from a shipwreck, prosecutors s…
Connecticut judge drops 1992 murder case against disabled man
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A mentally disabled Connecticut man whose 1992 murder and rape conviction was overturned earlier this year after he spent a quarter century in prison can never be tried again for the crimes, a Connecticut judge ruled on Frida…
Oil bust saps U.S. students’ enthusiasm for petroleum degrees
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Enrollment in U.S. petroleum engineering degree programs fell for the first time in 13 years this fall, as an oil industry slump makes college students wary of entering the boom and bust world of oil and gas.
Pope Francis met with gay couple in U.S. visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pope Francis met with a gay couple at the Vatican Embassy in Washington during the pontiff’s visit to the United States last week in a quiet gesture to the gay and lesbian community.
