George Zimmerman shot at, wounded in Florida road dispute
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder charges in the 2012 shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, suffered a minor wound after being shot at in his vehicle on Monday, police said.
Detroit delays bond sale related to bankruptcy exit
(Reuters) – Detroit’s public sale of $275 million of bonds that financed the city’s exit from bankruptcy has been delayed but should take place no later than early August, a city official said on Monday.
Four bodies in Connecticut believed linked to serial killer -police
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Police in Connecticut said on Monday they had identified a suspect in the deaths of seven people after partial remains of four bodies were found behind a shopping mall where the bodies of three women were discovered eight yea…
Texas mother charged in deaths of her twins released on bail
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A Houston-area mother charged with two counts of manslaughter in the drowning deaths of her twin 15-month-old daughters was released on a $100,000 bond on Monday, police said.
Boston bomber told nun ‘no one’ should suffer as his victims did
BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for the Boston Marathon bomber on Monday wrapped up the case to spare Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s life with testimony from a Roman Catholic nun and death-penalty opponent who said Tsarnaev told her “no one deserves to suffer” as his …
Chicago officer faces civil trial over shooting of black teen
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A civil trial opened on Monday in a lawsuit against the city of Chicago and a police officer for the alleged use of unjustified force in the 2011 fatal shooting of an 18-year-old black man.
USDA finds H5N8 bird flu strain in Indiana
(Reuters) – A strain of highly pathogenic H5 avian flu that had recently been found only in the Western United States has been confirmed in a backyard poultry flock in Indiana, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday.
Texas, Arkansas tornadoes kill at least 4, shatter homes
VAN, Texas/LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Emergency crews were cleaning up on Monday from tornadoes that killed at least four people and injured 50 others in Texas and Arkansas that were part of a twister series to hit central states overnight, flatteni…
U.S. airline consumer complaints soared in March: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Complaints among U.S. air travelers soared more than 55 percent in March from a year earlier, mainly due to flight problems, a federal government report said on Monday.
Ex-NFL star Hernandez charged in 2013 shooting of witness
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, who was convicted last month of murdering an acquaintance in 2013, was charged on Monday with the non-fatal shooting of a man believed to be a witness to another murder of which Her…
