Colorado movie gunman gets life sentence, jurors not unanimous
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A Colorado jury sentenced movie rampage gunman James Holmes to life in prison on Friday, rejecting the death penalty for the 27-year-old who entered a midnight showing of a Batman movie wearing a gas mask, helmet and body …
Evacuees from California blaze go home as lightning threatens new fires
(Reuters) – Hundreds of people forced to flee California’s fiercest wildfire were allowed to return home on Friday, with firefighters gaining greater control over the blaze even as lightning strikes threatened to spark other fires in the drought-parche…
U.S. Congress inquiry into Planned Parenthood widens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several Planned Parenthood officials and three private bio-medical firms were targeted on Friday by a U.S. congressional panel as lawmakers dig deeper into a controversy swirling around the women’s health organization.
Man serving sentence in killing of Colorado socialite found hanged
(Reuters) – A retired physician serving a 20-year sentence for killing an Aspen, Colorado, socialite has committed suicide by hanging in his prison cell, a coroner said on Friday.
Georgia prison escapee nabbed in Florida after three decades
(Reuters) – An escaped Georgia convict who spent more than three decades on the lam was captured this week and taken into custody in south Florida, where he remained in jail on Friday.
In Philadelphia, pope to use podium where Lincoln gave famed address
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – When Pope Francis addresses a crowd of thousands at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall next month, he will speak from the same lectern that slain U.S. President Abraham Lincoln used to deliver the Gettysburg Address, officials sa…
San Francisco 49ers release Aldon Smith after DUI arrest
(Reuters) – The San Francisco 49ers released linebacker Aldon Smith on Friday, a day after police in Northern California arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence, hit-and-run and vandalism in the latest in a string of brushes with the l…
Pennsylvania officials have two routes to oust embattled attorney general
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania officials have two options if they want to push Attorney General Kathleen Kane from office as she faces criminal obstruction charges, but do not seem to be rushing to act, observers said on Friday.
U.S. okays $1.5 billion sale of Lockheed Aegis combat system to Japan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the likely sale to Japan of two Lockheed Martin Corp Aegis combat systems valued at $1.5 billion, a deal aimed at boosting Japan’s defenses against a ballistic missile attack, the U.S. Defen…
Georgia women arrested on suspicion of caging special-needs children
(Reuters) – A mother was charged with child cruelty and false imprisonment after authorities said her special needs children, an 11-year-old boy and 8-year-old girl, had been kept in homemade cages, investigators said on Friday.
