Tech glitch causes false notices to Oregon crime victims
(Reuters) – A technical glitch on Friday evening caused an Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) notification system to issue thousands of alerts to crime victims that the perpetrators would soon be released, according to officials and the Oregonian n…
Wisconsin federal judge finds state abortion law unconstitutional
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled as unconstitutional on Friday a state law requiring any doctor performing an abortion to have privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital.
California man pleads guilty to fatal Halloween hit-and-run
(Reuters) – A man who struck and killed three 13-year-old California girls as they were trick-or-treating last Halloween and then fled in his damaged sport utility vehicle pleaded guilty on Friday to several felony charges, prosecutors said.
Alabama woman convicted of running granddaughter to death
(Reuters) – An Alabama jury on Friday convicted a woman of murdering her granddaughter by forcing the 9-year-old to run back and forward in a yard carrying wood for almost three hours as punishment, according to a spokeswoman for the local sheriff’s of…
Police arrest a second suspect in slaying of Las Vegas mom
(Reuters) – Police in Las Vegas said Friday they had arrested the getaway driver in a high-profile shooting case that was initially thought to have been sparked by road rage.
Colorado woman admits cutting fetus from stranger’s womb: court papers
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado woman admitted that she cut an unborn child out of the womb of a stranger, and her husband told police he heard the fetus emit a “gasping breath” before it died, court documents showed on Friday.
Florida mother held in suspected murder-suicide attempt
ORLANDO (Reuters) – Florida police are investigating what they believe to be an attempted murder-suicide by a mother who killed her six-year-old daughter and critically wounded her two sons, Palm Beach police spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez said Friday eve…
Silicon Valley VC denies calling Kleiner partner ‘sex addict’
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner and Silicon Valley socialite Juliet de Baubigny took the stand Friday in a gender discrimination case against the venture firm and said she never referred to a male partner in the suit as a “sex addict.”
Bobbi Kristina Brown moved to rehab center from Georgia hospital: NBC
(Reuters) – Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late pop singer Whitney Houston, has been moved to a rehabilitation facility from a Georgia hospital almost two months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub, NBC News reported on Friday.
Florida police investigate stabbing of three children, one dead
ORLANDO (Reuters) – Florida police are investigating a reported stabbing involving three children, including a 6-year-old girl who died, officials said on Friday via social media.
