Oklahoma day care probed for drugging kids to get them to sleep
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – A southeastern Oklahoma day care is under investigation for child abuse on suspicion of drugging children in its care, including those under a year old, to get them to sleep, police and state officials said on Friday.
It’s a boy! Washington zoo gives details on new panda cub
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Zoo’s surviving giant panda cub is a boy and was fathered by the zoo’s male panda, the zoo said on Friday.
Virginia teen gets 11 years for supporting Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Virginia teenager who used social media to support the militant group Islamic State was sentenced to just over 11 years in federal prison on Friday, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Georgia university investigating fraternity’s alleged racist taunts
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The Georgia Institute of Technology is investigating allegations that white members of a campus fraternity shouted racial slurs at a black female student earlier this month.
Jury mulls fate of defendant in New Hampshire prep school rape trial
CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) – A New Hampshire jury is set to begin its first full day of deliberations on Friday in the trial of Owen Labrie, a former student at an elite prep school accused of raping a 15-year-old freshman girl on campus days before his g…
Student dies after shooting at Georgia university
(Reuters) – A student at Savannah State University in Georgia died on Friday after being shot on campus, prompting a two-hour lockdown as police swept the area for the shooter, a school official said.
Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose, two others, accused in lawsuit of rape
(Reuters) – Derrick Rose, the 2011 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player, is being sued by a former girlfriend who alleges he and two friends drugged and gang-raped her in 2013.
Father of Virginia TV reporter slain on air vows to fight for gun control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The father of a Virginia journalist killed in an on-air shooting said on Thursday he would become a crusader for gun control, but analysts said there was little likelihood of legislation on the federal level any time soon, despit…
Manson Family killer granted parole for fourth time, but release not assured
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Bruce Davis, an associate of 1960s mass murderer Charles Manson, was granted parole on Thursday for the fourth time, although previous such decisions have all been reversed.
Dallas police fatally shoot suspect armed with box cutter: police
(Reuters) – A Dallas police officer shot and killed a robbery suspect on Thursday who was armed with a box cutter and fought with officers while attempting to evade arrest, police said.
