U.S. judge rules Maryland can ditch Confederate flag license plates
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that the state may start phasing out license plates featuring the Confederate battle flag as early as November, a state official said.
Macau billionaire in U.N. bribery case gets $50 million bail
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A billionaire real estate developer from Macau accused by U.S. authorities of bribing a former United Nations General Assembly president won the right on Friday to leave jail on a $50 million bond and live under house arrest in a l…
Remains of fugitive kidnapper found in Oregon field: police
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Human remains found in an Oregon field last year have been identified as a fugitive who was wanted for impersonating a police officer and kidnapping two young women after a Snoop Dogg concert in 2010, authorities said on Frid…
Ohio woman’s body found hanging from fence, suspect jailed
(Reuters) – An Ohio man was being held on suspicion that he killed a woman whose beaten body was found hanging from a fence in what neighbors and workers first thought might be a graphic Halloween display, authorities said on Friday.
At least six rescued after scaffolding collapse near Houston stadium
HOUSTON (Reuters) – At least six people were pulled from massive piles of scaffolding that collapsed on Friday at an apartment building under construction in downtown Houston and emergency workers were scrambling to find any others, fire officials said…
Crews clean up after Southern California flash flooding
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Road crews cleaned up on Friday after mudslides that swept parts of Southern California and left a major highway closed for a second day, as forecasters warned of possible thunderstorms that could trigger additional flash floods…
Oklahoma deal halts executions until well into 2016 or longer
(Reuters) – Oklahoma reached a deal with three death row inmates on Friday to put their executions on hold until well into 2016 or even longer to investigate problems with death chamber protocols after the wrong drug was provided last month for use in …
Connecticut police probe shooting of mayoral candidate’s office
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Reuters) – Police in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Friday were investigating whether the campaign office of the city’s former mayor, a former convict who is running for his old job, was the deliberate target of a drive-by shooting.
New York fraternity members waive hearing in Pennsylvania hazing death
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Members of a fraternity at New York City’s Baruch College decided on Friday to waive their right to preliminary hearings in Pennsylvania on criminal charges related to the 2013 hazing death of a pledge at a rented house in t…
Maryland teens, wife arrested over love triangle double slaying
(Reuters) – A Maryland woman and two teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in an alleged double slaying triggered by a love triangle gone bad, police said on Friday.
