Texas executes 27-year-old man for killing police officer
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas on Wednesday executed a 27-year-old man who was convicted of killing a veteran police officer in 2009 and had waived his rights to appeal his death sentence.
Former President Carter says he has cancer
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday that recent liver surgery revealed he had cancer that had spread to other parts of his body.
Connecticut parents sue school district, town over bullied teen’s suicide
STAMFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – The parents of a 15-year-old Greenwich, Connecticut boy who committed suicide on the first day of school in 2013 after years of alleged bullying filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday against the school district and town for contributing to his death.
One inmate killed, others injured in California prison melee
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – One inmate was killed and numerous others were injured in a disturbance that broke out on Wednesday afternoon at a prison outside Sacramento, officials said.
Man, 20, charged with murder in Ohio apartment stabbings
(Reuters) – A 20-year-old man was charged by a grand jury in Ohio on Wednesday with murdering another man and stabbing four children in suburban Cincinnati.
Arkansas buys lethal injection drugs, aims to end execution hiatus
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Arkansas has bought drugs it plans to use for lethal injections, officials said on Wednesday, as it looks to end a decade-long hiatus on executions that is the longest of any Southern U.S. state.
Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor defiant, claims innocence in leak case
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who has been charged with leaking secret grand jury material to the media, maintained on Wednesday that she “broke no laws” and said her enemies were trying to draw attention away…
Indiana mayor arrested on suspicion of paying for sex act
(Reuters) – The mayor of a southeast Indiana city has been arrested on suspicion of hiring a male prostitute who later blackmailed the elected official and withheld the fact that he was HIV-positive during their sexual encounter, police said on Wednesd…
Judge orders Kentucky clerk to issue marriage licenses
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Kentucky on Wednesday ordered a county clerk to resume issuing marriage licenses despite her religious objections to same-sex marriage.
Rape lawsuit against Florida State involving Winston may continue: judge
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion by Florida State University to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit filed by a former student who alleged the school failed to properly investigate her accusations that star quarterback Jam…
