Baylor football player sentenced to six months for sexual assault
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Baylor University football player was sentenced by a Texas judge on Friday to six months in jail and 10 years probation for sexually assaulting a fellow student in 2013 in a case that raised questions about the school’s conduct in …
Gunman slays guard at NYC federal building, then kills himself
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire at a federal building in Lower Manhattan on Friday, fatally wounding a security guard before killing himself, officials said.
Lockheed welcomes U.S. plan to use its combat system for frigates
MARINETTE, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp on Friday welcomed the U.S. Navy’s decision to use Lockheed’s integrated combat system for future frigate-class ships to be built beginning in fiscal 2019, saying it would allow greater commonality …
Mistrial for North Carolina policeman who shot unarmed black man
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) – A North Carolina judge declared a mistrial on Friday when a jury deadlocked in the trial of a white police officer charged in the death of an unarmed black man.
San Antonio police search for thief who stole body from casket
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – San Antonio police were searching for someone who stole the body of a 25-year-old woman out of her coffin after her funeral and before it was set for cremation, police said on Friday.
Black teen killed by St. Louis police shot in back: autopsy
(Reuters) – A black teenager shot and killed by white St. Louis police officers this week died from a single gunshot that entered his back and struck his heart, a medical examiner said on Friday, which appears to contradict the police account of the sh…
Three Connecticut teens plead guilty in fatal shooting and robbery
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Three Connecticut teenagers have pleaded guilty to fatally shooting an 18-year-old man last year while stealing his cellphone.
Rebuilt confidence in New Orleans flood controls fuels rebuilding
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – When Angele Givens looks around her neighborhood in the Gentilly section of New Orleans, she is struck by the contrast with 10 years ago, when Hurricane Katrina triggered floods that filled her home and tens of thousands of othe…
White supremacist convicted in New York ‘death ray’ case
ALBANY, N.Y (Reuters) – A New York white supremacist was convicted by a federal jury on Friday of plotting to use a remote-controlled radiation device he called “Hiroshima on a light switch” to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama.
Taser defeats appeal over weapon’s role in Michigan boy’s death
(Reuters) – Taser International Inc is not liable for the death of a 16-year-old Michigan boy soon after he was struck in the chest by two taser darts shot by a police officer, resulting in cardiac arrest, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.
