Ohio judge recommends police officers face charges in Tamir Rice case
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A Cleveland judge on Thursday found probable cause that a police officer who shot to death a 12-year-old boy last year should face a murder charge in an opinion that puts pressure on prosecutors.
American teenager pleads guilty to helping Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 17-year-old from Virginia pleaded guilty in court on Thursday to charges of conspiring to help Islamic State militants, the first time the United States has prosecuted a minor as an adult in such a case.
California barber who slashed customer’s throat gets 10 years in prison
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A San Diego judge sentenced a barber on Thursday to 10 years in prison for inexplicably slashing a customer’s throat during a haircut and shave before pedaling away on his bike.
North Carolina lawmakers allow ‘opt-out’ over same-sex marriage
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – Government officials in North Carolina can refuse to perform same-sex marriages by citing religious objections under a law enacted on Thursday by the Republican-led legislature, which voted to override the governor’s veto.
Small oil spill reported after 10-inch pipeline ruptures in Louisiana: official
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A small oil spill was reported on Thursday after a pipeline that belongs to Phillips 66 ruptured in Carlyss, Louisiana, according to a local official.
Two men charged in Wisconsin with stuffing employee in storage box
(Reuters) – Two Illinois men were charged on Thursday in central Wisconsin with stuffing their employee into a storage box and leaving him there for five hours after accusing him of stealing from their cell phone store, authorities said.
Shell’s Alaska Arctic spill response plan wins court approval
(Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an effort by a coalition of environmental groups to revoke federal approval of Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s oil spill response plans related to drilling on Alaska’s remote Arctic coast.
U.S. lawmakers to examine worst-ever bird flu outbreak
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee is set to hold a hearing next month on the deadliest-ever outbreak of bird flu in U.S. poultry amid mounting criticism from Iowa lawmakers about the speed of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s re…
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.”
