Ex-NFL star Hernandez gets life in prison for 2013 killing
FALL RIVER, Mass. (Reuters) – Former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering an acquaintance in an industrial park near his Massachusetts home, concluding the first of two murder trials h…
State Supreme Court assigns judge to hear South Carolina officer’s murder case
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina’s chief justice has assigned a judge from outside North Charleston to preside over the murder case of a white former police officer accused of shooting a black man in the back in that city.
‘Nothing hazardous found’ in gyro copter on Capitol grounds: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bomb squad has determined there was nothing hazardous on the small, open-air helicopter that landed on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, the U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement, adding that the “gyro copter” wil…
U.S. fast-food workers mark Tax Day demanding higher wages
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fast-food workers rallied in New York on Wednesday to demand higher pay, using the April 15 deadline for filing U.S. tax returns to publicize their claim that they cannot survive on the hourly wages paid by many U.S. corporations.
Chicago approves $5.25 million for police cases
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago City Council approved on Wednesday $5.25 million in settlements in two alleged police misconduct cases: the fatal shooting of a black teenager and a botched manslaughter investigation involving a former mayor’s nephew.
U.S. Navy officer pleads guilty to bribery in corruption probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy officer pleaded guilty to bribery in federal court on Wednesday in the latest development in a widening corruption scandal, admitting he gave classified information to a defense contracting executive in exchange for p…
Third arrest made in videotaped rape on Florida spring break beach
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A third man has been arrested in the gang rape of a woman who passed out on a north Florida beach, an incident captured on videotape and witnessed by scores of rowdy spring breakers, police said on Wednesday.
Tennessee House approves bill to make Bible official state book
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Tennessee state legislators on Wednesday advanced a bill to make the Bible the official state book, a measure the state attorney general said would be unconstitutional and Republican Governor Bill Haslam has called disrespe…
Right-wing group blamed in leak of U.S. officials’ home addresses: CBS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are investigating the online leak of home addresses of senior officials and former officials from the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies, CBS News reported on Wednesday.
U.S. authorities probing allegations of misconduct at Chicago schools
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Federal authorities are investigating allegations of misconduct at the Chicago Public Schools and have requested interviews with several employees, a top school official said on Wednesday.
