California man who helped kidnap busload of kids could get parole
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – One of three men who kidnapped a busload of school children more than three decades ago and left them in a van hidden in a quarry could soon be paroled if California Governor Jerry Brown takes no action in the case by midnight…
Texas county where incarcerated woman died cited by jail monitor
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas county where a black woman died in an apparent jail suicide that garnered national attention had been cited by a state monitor for not doing enough to keep an eye on inmates and properly filling out intake forms, an …
Lawyers argue life or death for Colorado movie gunman
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Defense attorneys said the Colorado movie massacre gunman was schizophrenic and they urged jurors on Thursday to spare his life, while prosecutors said James Holmes must not be able to use mental illness as a shield.
GE may ship $10 billion in work overseas as U.S. trade bank languishes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Electric Co is taking steps to shift some U.S. manufacturing work overseas now that the U.S. Export-Import Bank will be shuttered at least until September, the industrial giant’s global operations boss told Reuters on Thu…
Father of Ohio child found decomposed in crib held on $1 million bond
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio judge ordered a father held on a $1 million bond Thursday after a cable installer discovered the badly decomposed body of a young child in a crib at his apartment and notified authorities, the Medina Police Department said…
Jury picked in unprecedented U.S. trial of alleged Taliban fighter
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – The unprecedented trial of a former Soviet army officer accused of being a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan began on Thursday in U.S. District Court with a jury being selected.
Tennessee man arrested near Capitol faces gun charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Tennessee man driving a truck loaded with guns, ammunition and a propane tank faces charges in the U.S. capital after asking police for directions to the White House, according to court documents.
Illinois college to drop health coverage over contraception mandate
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An evangelical Christian college in Illinois will stop providing health insurance to students on Friday because of its objection to the Obamacare mandate to provide contraceptive coverage, a legal group representing the school said …
NYC woman accused of toting dead baby in bag indicted for murder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An 18-year-old New York woman was indicted on murder charges on Thursday, two years after a retail store security guard found her carrying a dead newborn baby in a shopping bag, prosecutors said.
Two planes evacuated at Dallas airport, three injured
DALLAS (Reuters) – Two incidents on separate airplanes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport led to evacuations on Thursday, with three people suffering minor injuries on one flight, airport officials said.
