Apparent murder-suicide investigated in California wine country: newspaper
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Authorities on Wednesday were investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Napa, California’s wine-producing region north of San Francisco, that left a troubled vineyard owner and his business partner dead, the San Francisco Ch…
U.S. may deport to China indicted ex-wife of fugitive Chinese official
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The United States may deport to China the ex-wife of a fugitive Chinese official indicted on money laundering and immigration fraud charges, a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Jury sees accused Boston bomber’s bombs, bloody sweatshirt
BOSTON (Reuters) – The Boston Marathon bombing trial jury on Wednesday saw two sides of defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in pipe bombs he is charged with hurling at police four days after the attack and the sweatshirt stained with his own blood he was arre…
Virginia to investigate bloody arrest of black college student
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday called for an investigation into the arrest of a black college student that left him bleeding from the head and sparked campus protests.
Roger Clemens reaches settlement in ex-trainer’s defamation suit: newspaper
(Reuters) – Former Major League Baseball pitching great Roger Clemens on Wednesday reached a settlement to a defamation lawsuit filed years ago by a former trainer who said he injected Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, Newsday reported.
Pregnant Colorado woman attacked, baby cut from womb: police
DENVER (Reuters) – A pregnant Colorado woman had her baby cut from her womb on Wednesday during an alleged attack by a stranger who later took the dead infant to a hospital claiming that she had suffered a miscarriage, police said.
Accused murderer Robert Durst deemed ‘suicidal’
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Robert Durst, the real estate scion charged with first-degree murder, is suicidal, according statements by Louisiana authorities released on Wednesday after they moved him to a facility for inmates suffering from acute mental il…
Obama joins millions in U.S. college basketball madness
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – March Madness gripped the White House and lots of other workplaces on Wednesday as President Barack Obama joined an estimated 60 million Americans scrambling to make their predictions for the annual tournament to crown a collegia…
One killed, five wounded in shooting spree in Phoenix suburb
MESA, Ariz. (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire inside a motel room in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa on Wednesday, killing a man and wounding two women before shooting three more people as he sought to elude an exhaustive manhunt that ended in his capture, p…
Racism, nude photos, vandalism and a death rock U.S. college fraternities
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cases of racism, hazing, nude photos, vandalism and a death have rocked U.S. college fraternities this week, with one of the country’s biggest groups pledging on Wednesday to root out discrimination and five frats shuttered over bad…
