Indiana top court reverses murder convictions of three men in burglary
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Indiana Supreme Court threw out the murder convictions of three young men, saying they were not the immediate cause of the death of their friend who was shot by the owner of a home they were burgling, in two rulings published on…
Maryland student recovering after attack that went viral, family says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Baltimore student who was brutally beaten and left unconscious in a pool of blood on the floor of a high school cafeteria was recovering, his family said on Friday, a day after prosecutors charged one of his football teammates …
Washington, D.C., gun laws partly upheld by U.S. court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld some gun restrictions in Washington, D.C., while striking down others, including a requirement that gun owners re-register every three years.
Connecticut prisoner to be charged with six additional murders
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut prisoner who pleaded guilty to manslaughter a decade ago will be charged on Friday with killing six more people whose bodies were found in a wooded area behind a strip mall, authorities said.
Crews gain ground on California blazes, search for missing goes on
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Firefighters battling two devastating and deadly wildfires in drought-stricken Northern California over the past week have gained more ground, fire officials said on Friday, as the search goes on for those reported missing.
Prison for man who left tons of litter in Colorado forest
DENVER (Reuters) – A 41-year-old Colorado man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for leaving 4.25 tons of litter in a scenic national forest that took dozens of volunteers and a helicopter to remove, authorities said.
Friend of accused South Carolina church gunman indicted for lying
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – A friend of the man accused of killing nine black people at a South Carolina church has been charged with lying to investigators when he said he did not know specifics of the suspect’s plans ahead of the massacre, court docum…
Ohio murder defendant, witness brawl in holding cell
(Reuters) – An Ohio man on trial for murder and a man scheduled to testify against him brawled this week when a court deputy accidentally put them together in a holding cell next to the courtroom, a county sheriff said on Friday.
U.S. tourism to Cuba still prohibited despite new rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Even as the U.S. moved on Friday to ease travel and other restrictions to Cuba, Americans will still not be allowed to go to the Communist nation for “tourist activities,” a U.S. official said.
Death toll in Northern California wildfires jumps to five
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Two more bodies were found in areas scorched by one of the two devastating wildfires raging in Northern California for the past week, raising the death toll to five from both blazes, even as fire officials on Thursday rep…
