Jurors begin deliberating in Colorado movie massacre trial
DENVER (Reuters) – Jurors in Colorado’s movie massacre trial began deliberating on Wednesday on the fate of gunman James Holmes, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to multiple counts of murder and attempted murder stemming from his rampag…
Cheerleaders deemed team employees under new California law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Cheerleaders for professional sports teams in California will have to be classified as employees eligible for overtime, sick days and other protections under a bill signed Wednesday by Governor Jerry Brown.
Recaptured New York inmate moved to solitary confinement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York inmate recaptured after a daring escape last month has been sent to solitary confinement at a new prison after spending the past week in the facility’s infirmary recovering from gunshot wounds he suffered when he was app…
Nearly 50 people charged in suspected Dallas airport drug ring
DALLAS (Reuters) – Nearly 50 people, including four contract workers at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, have been arrested or charged on suspicion of trying to bypass airport security to fly drugs across the country, officials said on Wednesday.
Oregon children take un-detonated mortar shell to play date
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – A group of Oregon children who stumbled across an un-detonated, decades-old military-grade mortar shell in a Portland wildlife refuge took it to a play date but escaped unharmed, Portland police said on Wednesday.
Ohio police charge man who filmed but didn’t aid teens in car crash
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man was charged on Wednesday for entering a vehicle after an accident where he filmed two injured teenagers, one of whom later died, while calling them “idiots” and making no effort to help them, police said.
South Carolina police searching for suspect in quadruple murder
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina police are investigating the fatal shooting of two adults and two teenagers who were found along with a wounded child on Wednesday at a house in a small town about 60 miles northwest of Charleston, authoritie…
Civil rights group sues California county over public defender system
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A civil rights organization has sued a California county over what the group said on Wednesday was a failing public defense system that leaves thousands of the poorest without proper legal representation.
African-Americans still favor gun control, but views are shifting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Horace Augustine was raised in Oklahoma City by a mother with strong convictions about guns: She didn’t want them in her house. Faith, she insisted, would keep her family safe.
Texas man dies of apparent snake bite, his pet cobra is missing
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A central Texas man found unresponsive in his vehicle likely died of a snake bite, Austin police said on Wednesday, adding a cobra he kept at his home has gone missing.
