Prosecutors in Colorado cinema massacre trial seek to restrict graphic images
DENVER (Reuters) – Prosecutors in the murder case against Colorado cinema gunman James Holmes are asking that crime scene and autopsy photographs and videos of victims be restricted at the upcoming trial, court records showed on Friday.
Family sues Amazon.com, others over Ohio student’s caffeine overdose death
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The family of a Northeast Ohio high school senior who died of a caffeine overdose last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Friday against several companies including Amazon.com Inc, which shipped the supplement.
Los Angeles, police union strike pay agreement: Los Angeles Times
(Reuters) – Los Angeles city officials and its police union took a step toward ending a lengthy and often tense labor dispute by reaching a tentative pay agreement on Friday that would grant raises in the last three years of a four-year contract, accor…
Accused Boston bomber’s lawyers gamble with guilt admission: experts
BOSTON (Reuters) – When they admitted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s role in the Boston Marathon bombing, his lawyers acknowledged that he will almost certainly spend the rest of his life behind bars. But the admission may help spare him a death sentence, legal e…
Winter storm moves away; eastern U.S. to remain cold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Record-breaking cold gripped the United States from Texas to New York on Friday, causing school closures and snarled traffic, as a storm that dropped roughly 2 feet (61 cm) of snow on some eastern parts of the country moved out t…
Two brothers charged in fatal shooting of Philadelphia police officer
(Reuters) – Two brothers were charged with murder on Friday stemming from the shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer during the botched robbery of a game store, authorities said.
U.S. urban park makeovers – boon and bane for residents
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A handsome brick pathway spanning the Harlem River offers two very different views: One a glittering Manhattan skyline and the other a glimpse of the gritty Bronx, the last frontier for inexpensive housing in New York City.
Wisconsin Assembly OKs right-to-work bill, governor supports
MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) – Weary Wisconsin lawmakers on Friday approved a bill that stops private sector workers from being required to join a union or pay dues as a condition of employment and sent it to Republican Governor Scott Walker, who is expecte…
Train carrying liquefied propane derails in Vermont, no danger posed: report
(Reuters) – A train carrying 15 tanker cars of liquefied propane derailed in Essex junction, Vermont, late on Thursday, but no flammable gas was leaked and there was no danger to the public, according to a local news website on Friday.
Truck driver in fatal Washington crash cited for collision last year
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state truck driver who apparently fell asleep at the wheel before swerving into oncoming traffic, killing a woman in a car and striking a school bus filled with children, was cited for causing a collision last year, off…
