Chicago’s former archbishop, Cardinal Francis George, dies at 78
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago from 1997 until 2014, died on Friday at the age of 78 after a long battle with cancer, Archbishop Blase Cupich said.
University of Kentucky student fatally shot near campus
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – A University of Kentucky student was fatally shot early on Friday during a street robbery near the campus in Lexington and authorities have charged an 18-year-old man in the killing, police said.
U.S. must return rare double eagle gold coins to family
(Reuters) – The U.S. government must return 10 exceptionally rare gold coins worth millions of dollars each to a Pennsylvania family from which the purloined coins were seized a decade ago, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.
Threats close NC community college days after deadly shooting
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A North Carolina community college closed on Friday after receiving telephoned threats that followed the shooting death of one of its employees by a former student.
Kansas lays groundwork for $1 billion pension bond sale
(Reuters) – Kansas has begun a search for underwriters to sell $1 billion of taxable pension bonds that won final approval this week, the state’s Development Finance Authority said on Friday.
Boston officials lay out security plans for marathon
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston officials outlined a safety plan on Friday for the 2015 Boston Marathon that would protect runners and spectators while maintaining an upbeat mood two years after an attack at the event killed three people and wounded many oth…
Ohio man pleads not guilty to terrorism charges
(Reuters) – An Ohio man who trained with Islamic militants in Syria pleaded not guilty on Friday in a Columbus federal court to charges of supporting terrorism and making false statements, court documents said.
Volvo narrows choices for U.S. plant to South Carolina, second state: sources
DETROIT (Reuters) – Volvo Cars is weighing a site in South Carolina against another southern state as it prepares to invest $500 million in its first U.S. plant, people with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
Toddler shot in the head during drive-by shooting near Seattle
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A 1-year-old girl was in critical condition on Friday after being shot in the head during a drive-by shooting near Seattle that might have been sparked by road rage, authorities said.
‘Drop the death penalty,’ say parents of Boston bombing victim
BOSTON (Reuters) – The parents of the boy who was the youngest to die in the attack on the Boston Marathon asked federal prosecutors to abandon their effort to sentence the bomber to death, in a statement on the front page of the Boston Globe on Friday…
