U.S. supporter of Islamic State gets four-and-a-half-years in prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Virginia woman was sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison on Monday for lying to U.S. investigators about using social media to promote and recruit for the militant Islamic State group.
Authorities investigate shooting at Pennsylvania mall
(Reuters) – Police were investigating a shooting on Monday morning at a shopping center south of Pittsburgh, authorities said.
Activists threaten to sue for captive whale Lolita’s freedom
MIAMI (Reuters) – Activists said on Monday they would sue a Florida aquarium for violating the Endangered Species Act if it does not improve living conditions for Lolita, a killer whale in captivity for more than four decades.
Man, woman charged with murdering two policemen in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – A man and woman in Mississippi were arrested and charged with murder on Sunday after two police officers were shot dead a day earlier while conducting a routine traffic stop in Hattiesburg, officials said.
Prince takes the stage for ‘Rally 4 Peace’ show in Baltimore
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Reclusive rocker Prince took the stage on Sunday in a “Rally 4 Peace” concert in response to the death of a 25-year-old man, whose death from injuries suffered while in police custody triggered riots, telling the crowd: “We are he…
Hail, snow, floods, a tornado and tropical storm for Mother’s Day
CHARLESTON, S.C./SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Reuters) – Hail, snow, flooding, a tornado and a tropical storm made it a “severe weather” Mother’s Day in much of the center of the United States and on the Carolina coast on Sunday.
Ex-Madoff aide DiPascali, key state witness, dies before sentencing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Frank DiPascali, epic fraudster Bernard Madoff’s deputy and a key witness in the only U.S. criminal trial to spill out of the collapse of his multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, has died, his lawyer said Sunday.
Hail, snow, flooding, a tornado and a tropical storm for Mother’s Day
CHARLESTON, S.C./SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Reuters) – Hail, snow, flooding, a tornado and a tropical storm made it a “severe weather” Mother’s Day in much of the center of the United States and on the Carolina coast on Sunday.
Rocker Prince set to perform at ‘Rally 4 Peace’ concert in Baltimore
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Reclusive rocker Prince was expected to take the stage on Sunday evening in a “Rally 4 Peace” concert in Baltimore in response to the death of a 25-year-old man of injuries suffered in police custody and the riots that followed.
Man, woman charged with murdering two policemen in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – A man and woman in Mississippi were arrested and charged with murder on Sunday after two police officers were shot dead a day earlier while conducting a routine traffic stop in Hattiesburg, officials said.
