Seventeen injured in church bus crash in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A church bus left the road and smashed into a drain culvert in southeastern Tennessee on Friday, injuring 16 juvenile passengers and the driver, authorities said.
U.S. court throws out al Qaeda publicist’s conspiracy conviction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out the 2008 conspiracy conviction of a Yemeni man prosecuted in an American military court at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base in Cuba for serving as a publicist for al Qaeda.
New Hampshire man charged with killing parents ordered held without bail
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – A New Hampshire man was ordered held without bail on Friday on charges that he murdered his parents and set fire to their house.
Detroit man imprisoned up to 40 years in French artist’s slaying
(Reuters) – A judge on Friday sentenced a man to up to 40 years in prison in the killing of a 23-year-old French street artist in Detroit, prosecutors said.
New York prison escape among decade’s most audacious breakouts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The upstate New York prison break of two inmates who squeezed through underground pipes last weekend was among a handful of recent daring escapes by U.S. convicts whom experts describe as ingenious and willing to risk it all to fle…
Manhunt for two New York prison escapees focuses on nearby woods
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of law enforcement agents hunting for two upstate New York prison escapees focused their search on Thursday on a heavily wooded area just a few miles from the maximum security facility where they broke out last week, polic…
Virginia officer indicted over fatal shooting of mentally ill black man
(Reuters) – A Virginia police officer was indicted by a special grand jury on Thursday over the killing of a mentally ill black man last summer, officials said.
Florida officer shoots homeless man in front of children: newspaper
(Reuters) – A Florida police officer fatally shot a homeless black man who was carrying a pipe at a park in front of dozens of children on Thursday, according to the Miami Herald newspaper.
In Minnesota, high employment and weak wages show Fed’s quandary
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – By all rights wages should be soaring in Minnesota, a Midwestern state that boasts one of the best educated and well-paid workforces in the United States and where the unemployment rate stands at a 14-year low.
Exclusive: Two Zodiac aero plants in U.S. show why delays persist
SANTA MARIA, California (Reuters) – At a Zodiac Aerospace seat factory in the small town of Santa Maria north of Los Angeles, workers on the assembly line frequently sit idle, waiting for parts to arrive.
