Judge blocks recall attempt against indicted Washington state auditor
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Washington state auditor Troy Kelley, who pleaded not guilty last month to charges of tax evasion and lying to federal agents, will not have to face a recall effort as he fights the charges, a state judge ruled on Friday.
Six people killed in two-car crash on Tennessee highway
(Reuters) – Six people, including an infant and two other children, died when an sport utility vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on into a minivan on a Tennessee highway south of Knoxville, authorities said on Friday.
Probe underway in shooting of black man by white South Carolina deputy
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina authorities are investigating the shooting of a black man by a white sheriff’s deputy who was responding to a home invasion call at the victim’s residence, officials said on Friday.
Former U.S. government employee attempted to steal nuclear weapons secrets: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has charged a former employee of the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for allegedly attempting an email attack on government employees to extract sensitive information on nucl…
Colorado police arrest suspect in white powder, threat sent to Jewish centers
DENVER (Reuters) – Police in Colorado have arrested a 32-year-old man suspected of sending envelopes containing white powder, later deemed harmless, and at least one threatening message to a Jewish community center and synagogue, authorities said on Fr…
NYC judge declares mistrial in 1979 Etan Patz murder case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the marathon trial of Pedro Hernandez, who had confessed to killing Etan Patz, the New York City boy whose 1979 disappearance raised awareness of the plight of missing and abducted children …
Deadline may force compromise on U.S. surveillance law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leaders insist that spy agencies continue to have access to data on Americans’ telephone calls despite a court ruling that the practice is illegal, but aides said on Friday they may have to compromise on pr…
Ex-NFL player Stevens, Solo’s husband, sentenced to jail for drunken driving
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former National Football League player Jerramy Stevens, the husband of U.S. women’s soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo, was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Friday on drunken driving charges stemming from a January arrest in a Los Angel…
Colorado movie gunman’s neighbor got bad feeling at booby-trapped door
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A neighbor of James Holmes told the jury at his trial that she got a bad feeling when she went to the door of his apartment on the night in July 2012 that he was massacring a dozen people in a Colorado movie theater.
Thousands attend funeral for slain New York City policeman
SEAFORD, N.Y. (Reuters) – Thousands of policemen from around the United States gathered on Friday at the funeral of a 25-year-old New York City officer who was shot in the head while on patrol, making him the third member of the NYPD killed in the line…
