Two men fall during attempted suicide at University of Hawaii, one dies
(Reuters) – A 24-year-old man died trying to save another man who attempted to kill himself by jumping from a 14th-floor dormitory window at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu police and university officials said on Tuesday.
Man arrested in cold-case killing of Arizona woman from 1982
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A man has been arrested in the 1982 strangling of an Arizona mother of three young children, based partly on DNA evidence recovered from under the victim’s fingernails, police said on Tuesday.
Georgia ex-police officers indicted over man’s 2014 Taser death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A grand jury has indicted two former Georgia police officers on murder charges for allegedly killing a handcuffed suspect with a stun gun last year, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Family sues over death of hostage in California police shootout
(Reuters) – The family of a California woman taken hostage by bank robbers and killed in a shootout with police filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing officers of causing her 2014 death by indiscriminately firing hundreds of bullets at the suspects’ vehic…
U.S. military probe of Afghan shooting found Bales’ camp had lax discipline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The month before he killed 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage, Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales bloodied the nose of an Afghan truck driver in an assault that was not reported to his camp commanders, according to a report …
Former Subway pitchman to plead guilty to child pornography charges: TV station
(Reuters) – Former Subway sandwich chain pitchman Jared Fogle is expected to plead guilty to charges of possessing child pornography, Indianapolis TV station Fox59 reported on Tuesday.
Tuskegee airman, 93, faced battle against crime in St. Louis
(Reuters) – A member of the Tuskegee Airmen, African-American military aviators from World War Two, found himself in a battle against crime over the weekend in St. Louis, Missouri, where he was robbed and carjacked in separate incidents, police said.
New York police investigate prisoner death after fight with guards
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state law enforcement officials on Tuesday said there is an active investigation into the death of a prisoner who had a confrontation with a group of guards at its Fishkill Correctional Facility in April.
Video of San Francisco officers pinning one-legged black man sparks anger online
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A cellphone video showing numerous San Francisco police officers pinning and handcuffing a one-legged black man near the city’s downtown financial district has sparked anger on social media.
Pennsylvania man charged in 35-year-old double murder
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man was charged on Tuesday with the 1980 murders of a mother and daughter who were shot to death as they tried to flee their home after it was set ablaze, prosecutors said.
