South Carolina mother who drowned kids in 1994 case says she’s not a monster
(Reuters) – A South Carolina woman serving life in prison for drowning her two young sons in 1994 had planned to kill herself before the public discovered that she had fabricated her story about a black man kidnapping the boys, according to a letter re…
Utah teen charged with murder after luring girl, 12, from home
(Reuters) – A 15-year-old Utah boy has been charged with aggravated murder after allegedly luring a 12-year-old neighbor from her home with a ruse about a lost cat, and then strangling her and dumping her body in a field, prosecutors have said.
Parishioners in Massachusetts vigil trespassing, church lawyer argues
BOSTON (Reuters) – A lawyer for the Archdiocese of Boston on Wednesday asked a state appeals court to find that parishioners who have staged a decade-long vigil intended to stop the closure of their church were trespassing and could be ordered out.
Four dead in Atlanta-area murder-suicide, say police
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Four people were shot dead, including two children, and a fifth person critically wounded early Wednesday in what police said was a murder-suicide at an upscale suburban Atlanta home, officials said in a statement.
Video shows that traffic stop of woman who died in Texas jail escalated quickly
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Reuters) – Dashboard camera video released on Tuesday involving the traffic stop in Texas of a woman later found hanging dead in her jail cell showed how the incident quickly escalated into an altercation between her and a state tr…
U.S. team in Jordan to interrogate uncle of Tennessee shooter: lawyer
AMMAN (Reuters) – U.S. investigators are in Jordan to interrogate the Jordanian-American uncle of a suspect in the fatal shooting of five U.S. servicemen in Tennessee last week, the uncle’s lawyer said on Wednesday.
Colorado death penalty in focus as massacre trial enters new phase
DENVER (Reuters) – The lead prosecutor in the Colorado movie massacre trial tore into the state’s governor at a news conference, calling him arrogant and weak for giving the mass murderer a reprieve from execution.
James Rothenberg, Chairman of American Funds parent Capital Group, dies
(Reuters) – James Rothenberg, chairman of U.S. fund manager Capital Group Cos Inc, died on Tuesday due to a heart attack, the company said in a statement. He was 69.
Los Angeles County board adopts mandatory minimum wage hike
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The governing body of Los Angeles County on Tuesday passed a measure to raise the mandatory minimum wage incrementally to $15 an hour by 2020 in unincorporated areas that are home to about a tenth of the county’s population.
Tennessee suspect’s family sees depression, shame behind rampage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez’s family believe deep depression and shame over an drunken driving charge may have led him to go on a rampage in which five U.S. servicemen died last week, a source close to the family said …
