Philadelphia train may have been hit by projectile before wreck
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia and a separate commuter train in the vicinity may have been hit by projectiles of some kind shortly before the wreck, a U.S. transportation safety official said on Friday, after in…
Boston Marathon bomber Tsarnaev sentenced to death for 2013 attack
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by a U.S. jury on Friday for helping carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded 264 others in the crowds at the race’s finish line.
Former ‘America’s Sheriff’ released from federal prison
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former high-profile sheriff of Orange County, California, who was convicted of witness tampering in 2009 and sentenced to federal prison, has been released to home confinement, his lawyer said on Friday. Mike Carona, dubbed “A…
Ice cream maker Blue Bell Creameries to cut jobs, salaries
(Reuters) – Blue Bell Creameries said it would lay off about 750 full-time and 700 part-time employees, nearly a month after the ice cream maker voluntarily recalled all its products and stopped production due to bacterial contamination.
White House officials briefed on Chicago’s credit rating: spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior Obama administration officials have been briefed on the financial situation in Chicago, the White House said on Friday, after Moody’s Investor Service this week downgraded the city’s credit rating to junk.
Washington ‘peeping Tom’ rabbi sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A prominent Washington rabbi who pleaded guilty to secretly videotaping dozens of women naked during ritual baths was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison on Friday.
Death of Florida man Tased by police deemed a homicide
MIAMI (Reuters) – The death of an unarmed black man who died two days after South Florida police officers shocked him with a Taser device has been ruled a homicide, according to the local medical examiner.
Saudi man gets life in U.S. prison for ties to Africa embassy bombings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Saudi man whom U.S. authorities described as a top Osama bin Laden deputy was sentenced to life in prison on Friday in connection with the deadly 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Death penalty repeal bill advances in Nebraska legislature
(Reuters) – Legislation to repeal the death penalty in Nebraska moved one step from final approval in the state legislature on Friday just a day after the governor, a capital punishment supporter, said the state was acquiring more drugs for lethal inje…
San Diego grandma fights off would-be abductor in parking lot
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – San Diego police were searching on Friday for a man suspected of trying to abduct a woman and her 3-year-old grandson in a Walmart parking lot, but who was thwarted when the grandmother fought back and scared the would-be kidnappe…
