New York jury says it cannot reach verdict in Etan Patz case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jurors in the trial of a former deli worker accused of kidnapping and murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York in 1979 said on Wednesday they could not reach a verdict, but a judge ordered them to keep trying.
Alaska pizza thieves busted after trying to sell frozen pies to police
(Reuters) – Thieves who stole 80 frozen pizzas from a warehouse in a remote Alaskan village were arrested after they attempted to sell the pies to the police department, state troopers said.
Ex-NBA player Crittenton gets 23 years in prison for Atlanta shooting death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Former National Basketball Association player Javaris Crittenton pleaded guilty on Wednesday in the 2011 death of an Atlanta woman, admitting he fired an automatic rifle in a drive-by shooting but saying he never meant to kill anyon…
Washington state tribe’s whale hunting request triggers new backlash
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Native American tribe’s request to resume its sacred canoe and harpoon hunts of federally protected gray whales off the Washington state coast has drawn fresh opposition while the treaty-enshrined proposal is weighed by U.S. fishe…
Former Illinois Gov. Daniel Walker dies, 92
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former Illinois Governor Daniel Walker, a Democrat who walked across the state talking to voters before his 1972 election and later went to prison for bank fraud, has died at the age of 92, the state’s current governor said on Wedne…
Aleynikov juror accuses colleague of food poisoning in code trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The criminal case against a Goldman Sachs Group Inc computer programmer accused of stealing the investment bank’s trading code may end in a mistrial after a juror told the presiding judge that a second juror tried to poison her foo…
U.S. military jet lands safely in England after in-flight emergency
LONDON (Reuters) – A U.S. Air Force refueling jet has landed safely at its base in England, RAF Mildenhall, after an in-flight emergency, the Air Force unit that operates the aircraft said on Wednesday.
U.S. reaches anti-bias accord with Los Angeles County sheriff
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an accord on Tuesday with the U.S. Justice Department to settle findings that the country’s largest sheriff’s department systematically harassed and intimidated low-income min…
Second person injured following more gunfire in Ferguson: newspaper
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A second person was injured overnight following gunfire in Ferguson, Missouri after a protest near the site where unarmed black teen Michael Brown was shot dead by police last summer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported early…
Drop in disability rolls adds to signs of U.S. labor market recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans on disability has declined for six months in a row in a sharp turnaround after years of increases, more evidence of the labor market recovery the Federal Reserve wants to see before nudging interest rates …
