Former NFL quarterback Erik Kramer tries to commit suicide, NBC News reports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former National Football League quarterback Erik Kramer tried to commit suicide by shooting himself at a motel in the Los Angeles area, NBC News reported.
Woman stabs mother of five to death in Maine supermarket: police
BRUNSWICK, Maine (Reuters) – Maine police were searching on Thursday for what motivated a woman to fatally stab a mother of five adult children who was shopping in the ice cream aisle of a grocery store in an apparently unprovoked attack, authorities s…
Former President Carter to open up about cancer diagnosis
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will discuss his cancer diagnosis on Thursday, a week after he revealed that recent liver surgery found the disease had spread to other parts of his body.
Exclusive: U.S. government, police working on counter-drone system – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As concerns rise about a security menace posed by rogue drone flights, U.S. government agencies are working with state and local police forces to develop high-tech systems to protect vulnerable sites, according to sources familia…
Three killed, four wounded in western New York shooting
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting in western New York state, police said on Thursday.
Three firefighters killed battling Washington state wildfire
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Three firefighters in Washington state were killed and four injured while battling a wildfire threatening the town of Twisp, officials said on Wednesday, as more than a dozen major blazes burned in parched Western U.S. states.
California prosecutors say Uber’s background checks missed convicts
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California prosecutors have broadened their civil lawsuit against popular online ride-sharing service Uber, alleging that its background checks missed people previously convicted of murder and sex crimes, court records show.
Hacker’s Ashley Madison data dump threatens marriages, reputations
TORONTO (Reuters) – Love lives and reputations may be at risk after the release of customer data from infidelity website Ashley Madison, an unprecedented breach of privacy likely to rattle users’ attitudes towards the Internet.
Guard shot inmate to death in California prison riot, officials say
(Reuters) – A guard at a California prison shot to death an inmate who was attacking another prisoner with a shank during a riot over the weekend, just days after a deadly riot at another correctional facility in the state, officials said on Wednesday….
Former Los Angeles sheriff’s captain pleads guilty to lying at trial
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s captain charged in a probe of jail abuse pleaded guilty on Wednesday to lying on the witness stand, officials said.
