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.
Killing of Cecil the lion triggers probe by U.S. agency: source
(Reuters) – The killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe by American dentist and trophy hunter Walter Palmer is being investigated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to see if it was part of a conspiracy to violate U.S. laws against illegal wildlife tr…
California wildfire forces evacuation of more than 500 people
(Reuters) – A rapidly spreading brushfire burning in parched timberland north of San Francisco forced the evacuation of more than 500 people less than a day after it broke out, fire officials said on Thursday.
