Alabama fatal shooting suspect in custody, school lockdowns lifted
(Reuters) – A 25-year-old man who allegedly shot and killed a woman in a medical office was in custody on Monday after he barricaded himself in a home in Jemison, Alabama, according to law enforcement officials.
Ex-student sought in shooting death of North Carolina college worker
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A manhunt was under way for a 20-year-old former student accused of fatally shooting a longtime school employee at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on Monday, local authorities said.
Protesters disrupt hedge fund conference in midtown Manhattan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Roughly 400 hedge fund managers, investors, lawyers and journalists got something that was not on the lunchtime menu at an industry conference on Monday when roughly two dozen protesters interrupted the meal, shouting out prominent…
Police investigate suspicious package at New York’s Hamilton College
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police investigated a suspicious package found at Hamilton College on Monday after a bomb threat was called in to the upstate New York school, authorities said.
One-year-old shot dead by 3-year old in Cleveland home
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A 3-year-old fatally shot a 1-year-old at a Cleveland house during the weekend, according to police, who said they are seeking to arrest the adult who left the gun in the home.
U.S. finds first case of H5N2 bird flu in commercial chicken flock
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday confirmed the first case of a lethal strain of bird flu in a commercial chicken flock, widening the impact of a virus that has already killed hundreds of thousands of turkeys this year.
Boston Marathon will be ‘no-drone zone,’ security officials say
BOSTON (Reuters) – The Boston Marathon course will be a “no-drone zone” this year, Massachusetts authorities said on Monday as they outlined security plans for the race that was the target of a deadly bombing attack two years ago.
New Jersey gay therapy ban is upheld over boy’s challenge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a fresh challenge to New Jersey’s ban on so-called gay conversion therapy for minors, saying the prohibition does not violate the rights of either children or their parents.
Sharpton praises South Carolina mayor where officer shot black man
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton on Sunday praised the mayor of a South Carolina town where a white patrolman was charged with murder after the fatal shooting of a black man and said other officers there shoul…
Jury in fifth day of deliberations in Aaron Hernandez’s murder trial
FALL RIVER, Mass. (Reuters) – The jury in the murder trial of former National Football League player Aaron Hernandez began its fifth day of deliberations on Monday over whether he is guilty of killing an acquaintance in 2013, in the first of two murder…
