Jeep fuel-tank fire death verdict slashed to $40 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A judge in the state of Georgia has reduced a $150 million award to $40 million for the family of a young boy killed when the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee in which he was riding was rear-ended and burst into flames, according to orders…
Pennsylvania teen pleads no contest in rock-throwing case
LEWISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The last of four Pennsylvania teenagers accused in a highway rock-throwing spree that critically injured an Ohio teacher pleaded no contest on Tuesday, and faces up to 20 years in prison.
Florida man charged in alleged bomb plot for Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Florida man has been charged in an alleged backpack bomb plot he planned to carry out on a public beach in Key West to show his support for the Islamic State militant group, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.
Suspicious envelopes mailed to Oregon police contained no toxins: FBI
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Twenty suspicious letters delivered to Oregon law enforcement agencies, including a rural sheriff who was sent to a hospital after opening one of them, showed no evidence of a toxic substance, the FBI said on Tuesday.
New York police used improper force arresting teen, review finds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A city review board has concluded that a New York police officer used improper physical force when he shoved a handcuffed teenager through the plate-glass window of a Bronx bar during his arrest last spring, the boy’s attorney said…
New Mexico dispatcher told woman with dying teen to ‘deal with it’
(Reuters) – A New Mexico emergency dispatcher has been placed on leave after he told a woman attending to a shot and dying 17-year-old boy to “deal with it yourself” during an argument on the telephone, fire officials said on Tuesday.
U.S. Senate aims to vote on defunding Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is planning a vote in coming days on Republican legislation halting federal funding for Planned Parenthood, following the release of secretly recorded videos about its role in supplying…
Second suspect in 10 days dies in custody of Houston police
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Houston police are investigating the deaths of two suspects in their custody in the past 10 days, incidents that have come as national attention has been focused on Texas police after a black woman was found hanged in a jail c…
Florida cop on leave after video of him tossing peanuts to prisoner
(Reuters) – A Florida police officer has been placed on leave after jail video showed him throwing peanuts to a handcuffed homeless man as though feeding an animal, authorities said on Tuesday.
Teen arrested after body of missing California girl found
San Francisco (Reuters) – Authorities have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the death of an 8-year-old girl missing since Sunday whose body was discovered in a recycling bin at a residential complex in Santa Cruz, California, police said.
