Family, supporters mark anniversary of New York chokehold death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Family and supporters on Friday marked the anniversary of the police killing of Eric Garner with rallies and vigils demanding police reforms and justice in the controversial case.
Ex-mail carrier pleads guilty to charges he delivered heroin in Hawaii
(Reuters) – A former U.S. Postal Service employee in Hawaii has pleaded guilty to charges he distributed heroin in the mail in exchange for receiving some of the drug for himself, court records showed.
Shrinking U.S. Army increasingly stretched by global commitments: general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army is far more heavily engaged around the world than projected when it began slashing force size several years ago, and its commitments will be hard to maintain in the long run as troop numbers shrink, General Ray Odie…
Questions rage on social media over death of black woman in Texas jail
(Reuters) – Protesters took to social media on Friday to question the official finding that a black woman’s death at a Texas jail was suicide, with many posting instructions to friends and family how to respond if they die in police custody.
In bid for Syngenta, Monsanto woos U.S. farmer support
(Reuters) – As Monsanto Co struggles to convince rival Syngenta AG to discuss a potential merger, the seed and agrochemical giant is also wooing U.S. farmers, aiming to ease concerns about the proposed tie-up that could prompt regulatory challenges.
Canadian pleads guilty in massive U.S. penny stock fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Canadian man pleaded guilty on Friday to running an international boiler room scheme in a case that stemmed from one of the largest penny stock investigations in U.S. history, according to federal prosecutors.
U.S. Navy recruiter shoots himself in leg in Georgia
(Reuters) – A U.S. Navy recruiter in Georgia accidentally shot himself in the leg with his own handgun Friday at a local recruiting office, police said.
Colorado movie rampage survivors want gunman put to death
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – After all 165 guilty verdicts were read and Colorado’s movie massacre gunman was taken back to a cell to await his fate, many of his victims smiled and hugged and said James Holmes must be executed for justice to be done.
Utah police find girl, 12, dead in field; person in custody
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Police in Utah found a 12-year-old girl dead in an overgrown field on Friday and took a person of interest into custody after saying evidence of trauma and clues at the scene suggested she was murdered by someone who lured he…
Plea deal spares NY Amish girls from testifying in kidnap, sex abuse case
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Reuters) – A New York state man pleaded guilty on Friday to state charges of kidnapping in the abduction of two young Amish sisters from their roadside farm stand, in what appears to be the last in a series of plea deals in the sexual e…
