U.S. appeals court says Boston bomber trial can stay in city
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled the trial for the accused Boston Marathon bomber can go ahead in the city, over attempts from his attorneys to change the venue on the basis an impartial jury could not be seated so close to the site of …
Teen girl fatally shot by Denver police hit from left: autopsy
DENVER (Reuters) – A 17-year-old girl fatally shot by Denver police was struck by bullets fired through the left side of the car she was in, autopsy results showed on Friday, which her family says contradicts official reports she tried to run down the …
Eight dead in door-to-door Missouri shooting spree
(Reuters) – A man armed with a handgun went on a house-to-house shooting spree in a rural Missouri town, killing seven relatives and neighbors before taking his own life, officials said on Friday.
U.S. border officials seize record 15 tons of pot at California border
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. customs officers at a California border crossing seized more than 15 tons of marijuana hidden inside a tractor-trailer shipment designated as a cargo of mattresses, the biggest narcotics bust ever at that port of entry, off…
California foster dad gets 19 years to life for sex abuse of six girls
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former Southern California foster parent was sentenced on Friday to serve nearly 19 years to life in prison for raping and sexually abusing a half dozen girls who were 9 to 15 years old while in his care, prosecutors said.
Two Seattle-area high schools cancel classes after threats
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Two Seattle-area high schools were evacuated and later canceled classes on Friday after receiving security threats, and another high school in Washington state heightened its security after a threatening message was scrawled on a ba…
Oregon sheriff investigates case of ‘stolen’ log cabin
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Sheriff’s deputies in Oregon are investigating the peculiar case of a log cabin that was reported stolen only to be found two days later less than a mile from where it was taken, authorities said Friday.
Eight dead in door-to-door Missouri shooting spree
(Reuters) – A man armed with a handgun went on a house-to-house shooting spree in a rural Missouri town, killing seven relatives and neighbors before taking his own life, officials said on Friday.
House rejects stopgap security agency funding, partial shutdown looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives on Friday failed to approve a stopgap funding bill for the U.S. domestic security agency in an embarrassing setback for Republican House Speaker John Boehner, increasing the threat of a partial agency…
Adoption by same-sex parent recognized by Alabama appeals court
(Reuters) – An Alabama appeals court ruled on Friday that the state must recognize the out-of-state adoption of three children by the estranged wife of their birth mother, lawyers for the plaintiff said.
