Boyfriend accused in beating death of Pennsylvania college student
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A 19-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested on Monday for criminal homicide after an autopsy on his girlfriend showed she had been beaten and strangled in her Millersville University dorm room, a prosecutor said.
Gang leader who ran drugs from Baltimore jail sentenced to 12 years
(Reuters) – A Baltimore gang leader who prosecutors say dealt drugs and impregnated four guards while in jail was sentenced by a federal judge on Monday to 12 years in prison on a racketeering charge.
Man charged with crashing truck into Michigan Coast Guard station
(Reuters) – A Michigan man who crashed a pickup truck through the gates of a U.S. Coast Guard station in western Michigan and claimed to have a bomb was charged on Monday with two felonies, police said.
Warnings missed before Florida man threw daughter from bridge: state report
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida child welfare agents were warned three times about a man before he allegedly killed his 5-year-old daughter by throwing her off a bridge, the state Department of Children and Families reported on Monday.
Heavy rains cause flooding, mudslides across the West Coast
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A powerful Pacific storm system that drenched California was moving across the Pacific Northwest on Monday, as crews in Oregon and Washington worked to clear flooded roads and railroad tracks blocked by mudslides.
Massachusetts transit agency to suspend service due to snow
BOSTON (Reuters) – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority plans to suspend all train service at 7 p.m. on Monday, due to the prolonged snowfall in Boston, the agency said on its Twitter feed.
Pro-gay marriage signals seen in U.S. Supreme Court action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s move on Monday to allow gay marriage to proceed in Alabama is the strongest signal yet that the justices are likely to rule in June that no state can restrict marriage to only heterosexual couples.
Pennsylvania teen killed classmate, took ‘selfie’ with body: police
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania teenager was in custody without bail on Monday, accused of fatally shooting a 16-year-old classmate in the face and taking a photograph of himself with the body which he sent to another boy’s cellphone, according to court doc…
Indiana woman who fought for same-sex marriage rights dies
(Reuters) – An Indiana woman who challenged the state’s ban on same-sex marriage while she was dying of cancer, seeking legal recognition so that she and her partner could make plans for their two toddlers’ futures, has died.
Trial begins for U.S. Marine accused of twice deserting to Lebanon
(Reuters) – The U.S. military on Monday began the court-martial of a Lebanese-born Marine who is accused of deserting the military in Iraq in 2004 before turning up in Lebanon claiming to have been kidnapped and then deserting again the following year….
