California police say Bay Area woman’s abduction staged
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) – Police on Wednesday night said there was no evidence backing a claim that a San Francisco Bay Area woman was kidnapped for ransom earlier this week before she inexplicably reappeared alone and unharmed in Southern C…
Ex-U.S. war prisoner Bergdahl charged with desertion, misbehavior
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, a former Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan, was formally charged on Wednesday with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted of the mos…
Woman arrested in plot to kidnap babies and kill mothers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California woman was arrested on Wednesday for plotting to kidnap two babies, including one found dead in a dumpster, and attacking their mothers in a bizarre scheme to fool her boyfriend into thinking she birthed their twins,…
Florida teen kills brother, shoots other sibling, then kills himself
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A 13-year-old boy in Florida fatally shot his 6-year-old brother, wounded his 16-year-old brother and then killed himself on Wednesday during an argument over food, authorities said.
Deported South Korean faces U.S. charges for posing as brother he killed
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A South Korean man deported from the United States more than 20 years ago for murdering his brother faces U.S. felony charges after slipping back into the country by posing as his slain sibling, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
Family of unarmed Georgia man killed by police launches own investigation
TUCKER, Ga. (Reuters) – The family of an unarmed, naked black man shot dead by police earlier this month said on Wednesday that they have launched their own investigation into the killing of a man they described as a gentle soul.
Californians worry about water, favor legalizing pot and like Jerry Brown: poll
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Californians support Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, worry about water and increasingly favor legalizing marijuana, a new poll shows.
U.S. ATF had to ditch $600,000 worth of surveillance drones: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spent about $600,000 on six drones that had so many defects they were never used for video surveillance as planned, and were eventually ditched, the Justice Department’…
Stepmother, father arrested after Florida three-year-old found dead in box
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida police on Wednesday arrested the stepmother and father of a 3-year-old child, initially reported missing, whose dead body was found inside a box in their home’s laundry room.
California bill that would allow assisted suicide passes Senate panel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Physician-assisted suicide would be legal for terminally ill patients in California under a bill passed on Wednesday by a committee of the state Senate.
