Waco officers fired 12 shots during deadly biker fight: police
DALLAS (Reuters) – Three Waco police officers fired a total of 12 shots during a deadly battle last month at a restaurant in the central Texas city between rival motorcycle gangs that left nine people dead and 18 others injured, police said.
Court blocks immediate release of last of Louisiana’s ‘Angola Three’
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday granted Louisiana’s request to block the immediate release of the last of the so-called Angola Three prisoners, a man who has spent most of four decades in solitary confinement charged with the 1972 killing of…
Prosecutors move to keep Hastert evidence secret
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Friday petitioned a judge to keep secret their evidence in the case against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of trying to hide cash transactions and lying …
White House fence jumper seeks sentence of time served
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army veteran who entered the White House with a knife should be sentenced to time served followed by supervised release, his attorney said in a court filing on Friday.
Washington state NAACP chapter leader investigated over racial identity
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A local leader for the NAACP civil rights group is under investigation in Washington state for identifying herself as black on a city job application, as a Caucasian couple claims to be her biological parents.
To control spring break, Florida city bans beach drinking
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida city is taking on its reputation for out-of-control spring break parties by banning alcohol consumption on the beach next March, after shootings and the alleged gang rape of a young woman who passed out on the beach …
Woman struck by baseball bat at Red Sox game released from hospital
(Reuters) – A woman who was seriously injured by a cracked baseball bat at a Red Sox game has been released from the hospital after a week of treatment, the medical center said on Friday.
Woman had right to be drunk on her front steps -Iowa Supreme Court
(Reuters) – An Iowa woman should not have been charged with public intoxication for standing drunk on her own front steps after calling authorities for help following a domestic altercation, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled on Friday.
Oklahoma highway worker killed by airborne ‘Stop’ sign
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – An Oklahoma highway worker has been killed by a “Stop” sign that slid off the back of a truck and struck him in the neck, police said on Friday.
Divide deepens over planned development near Grand Canyon
(Reuters) – A plan for shops, restaurants, hotels and thousands of homes near the Grand Canyon’s celebrated South Rim is pitting a tiny Arizona town seeking to expand against opponents who say the development will mar one of the world’s natural wonders…
