Obama departs for Kenya, returning to his father’s homeland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama departed for Kenya on Thursday, his first trip to his father’s homeland as U.S. president, kicking off a swing through Africa that will also include a stop in Ethiopia.
Five family members fatally stabbed in Oklahoma, teen brothers held
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Two teenage brothers have been arrested in the fatal stabbings of their parents and three siblings in a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma, authorities said on Thursday.
Los Angeles woman who picked up police baton could get 25 years
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A homeless Los Angeles woman who picked up a police baton during a chaotic scuffle between officers and another transient faces a possible prison sentence of 25 years to life on charges of assault and resisting arrest if convict…
Californian suspected of killing 5 charged in earlier murder
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California man arrested on suspicion of murdering five people found dead in a house over the weekend, including one of his children, was charged separately on Thursday in the killing last year of a toddler, prosecutors said….
Faulty protocols behind live anthrax shipments to labs: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The shipment of live anthrax spores to researchers in the United States and seven other countries was “a failure” that exposed “a major problem” in Defense Department handling of the deadly bacteria, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary…
Arkansas teen arrested in killing of grandparents
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A 14-year-old Arkansas boy was arrested on Thursday and is expected to be charged with the murder of his grandparents, who were found fatally shot outside their home in a Little Rock suburb, authorities said.
Miami Beach police officer cleared in graffiti artist’s Taser death
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Miami Beach police officer who fatally shot an 18-year-old graffiti artist with a Taser device will not be charged with any wrongdoing over the 2013 incident, state prosecutors said on Thursday.
Death of woman in Texas jail consistent with suicide: prosecutor
(Reuters) – Evidence from an autopsy on Sandra Bland, the black woman found hanging dead in a Texas jail days after a traffic stop, supports the medical examiner’s initial ruling of suicide, a county prosecutor told reporters on Thursday.
Jurors advance death penalty case against Colorado movie gunman
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Jurors in the Colorado movie massacre trial found on Thursday the prosecution had proved aggravating factors which, the state has argued, make the 2012 rampage so heinous that gunman James Holmes deserves to be put to deat…
Bison gores woman attempting selfie photo at Yellowstone park
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A Yellowstone National Park visitor was gored this week as she tried to snap a selfie photo close to one of the park’s famed bison, the fifth attack on a tourist who has ignored warnings to admire the mammals from afar, offici…
