Investigator on death of Texas deputy suspended over bad behavior
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – An investigator looking into the fatal ambush shooting of a Houston-area deputy has been suspended for inappropriate behavior, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday, with local media saying he had sexual relations …
Arkansas judge halts scheduled executions of eight inmates
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas judge issued an order on Friday that temporarily blocked the scheduled executions of eight convicted murderers after lawyers for the death row inmates challenged secrecy provisions in the state’s lethal injecti…
Former California beauty queen charged with child porn
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A 25-year-old former beauty queen was charged in Southern California on Friday with distributing pornographic photos of a 4-year-old girl who is her relative, prosecutors said.
Two alleged Hezbollah associates face U.S. arms, money laundering charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Beirut residents have been arrested on U.S. charges that they took part in an alleged scheme to help Hezbollah launder drug money, and to funnel thousands of weapons and military parts to criminal groups in Lebanon and Iran, pr…
More rain, flooding predicted for inundated South Carolina
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (Reuters) – As state and local officials warned on Friday of the possibility of more flooding in eastern South Carolina , Georgetown County resident Wilma Green said she would heed their advice to evacuate.
One killed, one wounded in shooting near Texas Southern University
HOUSTON (Reuters) – One person was fatally shot on Friday and another person was wounded in a shooting an apartment complex adjacent to the campus of Texas Southern University in Houston, and two suspects have been taken into custody, the school said.
Virginia escapee who sparked manhunt sentenced to 32 years in prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bank robbery suspect who sparked a massive manhunt when he fled a Virginia hospital with a guard’s gun was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Friday, prosecutors said.
U.S. officials nix federal oversight plan for Washington subway
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Proposed federal oversight of Washington’s troubled subway system was rejected by the Department of Transportation on Friday on grounds the plan would take too long.
Two young missing boys found safe, hungry in Kentucky gorge
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Two young cousins who went missing during a family camping trip in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky were found hungry but unharmed on Friday afternoon after about 20 hours, authorities said.
U.S. shipowner creates fund for families of missing El Faro crew
MIAMI (Reuters) – The owners of the cargo ship El Faro that sank after it was trapped in the path of Hurricane Joaquin off the Bahamas last week announced the creation of a family relief fund on Friday to support the 33 mostly-American families of the …
