New York woman gets 20 years to life for killing son with salt
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Reuters) – A suburban New York mother who blogged about motherhood was sentenced by a judge to 20 years to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering her young son with a salt overdose so she could bask in social media attention abou…
Real estate scion Robert Durst indicted on weapons charges in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, was indicted on weapons charges in New Orleans on Wednesday, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office said.
Alaska Airlines refunds fares for California cancer patient removed from flight
(Reuters) – A Northern California cancer patient whose removal from an Alaska Airlines flight caused outrage online said on Wednesday that the carrier refunded her family’s airfare, which will be donated to research.
Florida grand jury to mull charges against Canadian diplomat’s son
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida grand jury will decide whether to bring criminal charges against a Canadian diplomat’s 15-year-old son who was arrested after a drug-related shooting that killed the teenager’s brother and a suspected drug dealer, prosecutor…
U.S. immigration agents arrest 976 gang members in sweep
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly 1,000 gang members and associates from 239 different gangs were arrested across the United States in an operation headed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the agency said on Wednesday.
Jury deliberating in Aaron Hernandez’s murder trial
FALL RIVER, Mass. (Reuters) – Jurors in ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez’s murder trial resumed deliberations at a Massachusetts court on Wednesday, a day after the defense argued he was only a witness to the killing that prosecutors say he orchestrated.
Rights group sues U.S. DEA over bulk collection of phone records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The group Human Rights Watch has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, accusing it of illegally collecting Americans’ telephone records to some foreign countries in a bulk surveillance program.
Ex-U.S Army colonel tied to Tilton equity firm reaches plea deal
(Reuters) – A retired U.S. Army colonel has agreed to plead guilty to negotiating a job with financier Lynn Tilton’s private equity firm while also taking steps to ensure a helicopter company that did business with the Department of Defense got paid fa…
Emanuel’s re-election present: Chicago’s fiscal nightmare is just beginning
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rahm Emanuel may have been elected to a second term as Chicago’s mayor on Tuesday but now he faces a stark choice: inflict pain on the city’s population in the form of unpopular measures such as higher taxes or kick its pro…
In drought, Californians lacking water meters let it flow
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Broad rivers fed by Sierra Nevada snowmelt brought plentiful water to California’s agricultural heartland and a certain sense of entitlement.
