Bloody bat found at Washington mansion where four slain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A blood-covered baseball bat was recovered from the torched Washington mansion where four people were found slain last month, a newly unsealed search warrant revealed on Thursday.
Ex-girlfriend of Colorado cinema gunman urged him to seek help
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – The former girlfriend of Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes testified at his capital murder trial on Thursday that she urged him to seek counseling after he talked about killing people and doing something “evil.”
New York man pleads not guilty to murdering police officer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man accused of shooting a plainclothes police officer last month pleaded not guilty to murder charges on Thursday.
Oklahoma mother pleads not guilty to neglect after children found in squalid conditions
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – A pregnant Oklahoma mother of 12 pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminally neglecting four of her children, who were found in a bug-infested, trash-strewn home that had holes in the ceiling and walls.
Florida brothers sentenced for plot to detonate bomb in New York City
MIAMI (Reuters) – Two Florida brothers, one of whom said he bicycled around New York City to scope out targets, were sentenced on Thursday to prison for plotting to explode a bomb in the city in 2012, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Philadelphia woman sentenced for lethal buttocks injection
(Reuters) – A Philadelphia hip-hop artist was sentenced on Thursday to 10 to 20 years in prison for killing a British woman by illegally injecting silicone into her buttocks and for aggravated assault in another botched beauty case, court officials sai…
New Jersey man admits to smuggling $65 million in electronics to Russia
(Reuters) – A New Jersey man pleaded guilty on Thursday to smuggling $65 million worth of sensitive electronics components to Russia as part of an illegal international procurement network.
Californian killed by train may have been attempting videotaped stunt
San Diego (Reuters) – An unidentified man who tried to roll under a freight train in downtown San Diego during what authorities say may have been a videotaped stunt was killed on Thursday when he was struck by the locomotive.
University of North Carolina put on probation over academic fraud scandal
(Reuters) – The University of North Carolina was given a 12-month probation on Thursday by its accrediting commission after a review into an academic fraud scandal at the school.
Uzbek citizen charged in New York over Islamic State plot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Uzbek citizen has become the fifth person indicted along with four previously charged men from Brooklyn, New York, in an alleged plot to provide support to Islamic State militants, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
