High school football player dies from injury in New Jersey
(Reuters) – A high school football player in New Jersey has died from an injury he sustained during a game on Friday night, school officials said Saturday.
Under pressure from the right, House Speaker Boehner quits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will leave Congress at the end of October after struggling with repeated rebellions by conservatives during a tumultuous five-year reign as the chamber’s top Republican.
Questions raised after shock belt used at Texas murder trial
TEXARKANA, Texas (Reuters) – A potential death penalty trial in East Texas is set to resume on Monday after it was put on hold when a judge was said by a TV station to have had a shock belt used on the defendant for misbehaving.
New England prep schools overhaul sex ed programs after rape trial
LOWELL, Mass. (Reuters) – Elite New England private schools are revamping their sex education programs and school policies to help prevent sexual assaults after a high-profile student rape trial in New Hampshire drew scrutiny this summer.
SeaWorld clears one California hurdle for expanded orca tanks
(Reuters) – California regulators on Friday recommended approval of a plan by SeaWorld San Diego to build larger tanks for its killer whales despite strong opposition from tens of thousands of people who want to see the killer whales released instead.
Man sentenced to 42 years to life for deadly Los Angeles car rampage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Colorado man who plowed his car through a crowd of pedestrians along the Venice Beach oceanfront two years ago, killing an Italian woman on her honeymoon and injuring 17 others, was sentenced on Friday to a prison term of 42 y…
Man pleads guilty in North Dakota oil patch murder-for-hire plots
(Reuters) – An oil truck operator pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to orchestrating the killings of two business rivals competing for work in North Dakota’s giant Bakken oil patch, court records show.
Jury convicts Miami man who says he grew pot for cancer-stricken wife
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Miami jury convicted a man who faces up to 35 years in prison for growing marijuana in a bedroom of his house in what he says was an act of love to help his wife who is recovering from breast cancer, local media reported.
Boeing U.S. tanker plane makes first flight
(Reuters) – Boeing Co’s first fully equipped KC-46A refueling plane completed a four-hour inaugural flight on Friday, a milestone for the $49 billion program that has run into cost and schedule issues in recent years.
Former NFL player McDonald pleads not guilty to rape
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) – Former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald pleaded not guilty on Friday to a charge of rape by intoxication of a woman who reported being sexually assaulted at his home last December.
