Colorado carjacker pleads guilty to crime spree caught on live TV
DENVER (Reuters) – A felon whose two-hour carjacking and armed crime spree in Colorado last year played out on live television filmed from a news helicopter pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 46 charges stemming from the rampage, prosecutors said.
Trespassing blamed in fatal Gregg Allman biopic train crash
(Reuters) – A train crash that left one member of a film crew dead and six others injured in Georgia was the result of the crew trespassing on an active railroad bridge, according to a final report on the incident released on Tuesday by federal safety …
Jury clears Greyhound of negligence in California crash that killed six
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California civil court jury on Tuesday cleared the Greyhound bus company of negligence in a lawsuit brought by families of three of the six people killed when a motor coach plowed into an overturned SUV near Fresno, the Fresno…
Ex-death row inmate blasts ‘miscarriage of justice’ in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A Phoenix woman who was cleared after spending more than two decades on death row for murdering her young son slammed the criminal justice system that stole half her life and said on Tuesday she was always confident she would be exo…
Atlanta-area police shoot dead wanted man driving Maserati
(Reuters) – A man who hopped into a Maserati on Tuesday to flee from police seeking to arrest him at his Atlanta-area workplace for a probation violation was shot dead when officers fired at him, authorities said.
Florida Senate passes bill to let gun owners carry weapons in emergency evacuations
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons when they evacuate during hurricanes or other emergencies.
Detroit mother arrested over children’s bodies in freezer
DETROIT (Reuters) – The bodies of an 11-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl were found in the freezer of a Detroit apartment, and the mother was arrested as part of a homicide investigation, the police said on Tuesday.
U.S. workers set to return next week to Shell Deer Park refinery
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Striking workers are scheduled to return to their jobs next week at Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s joint-venture refinery in Deer Park, Texas, said an official of the United Steelworkers union (USW), ending a near two-month walkout.
Omaha police officer who fatally shot suspect resigns
(Reuters) – An Omaha police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man suspected of robbing a store in late February has resigned, the police department said on Tuesday.
Bark beetles not adding to U.S. West’s wildfire woes: study
DENVER (Reuters) – Forests in Western U.S. states that have been ravaged by mountain pine beetles are no more likely to be consumed by wildfires than forests unaffected by the insects, a new study by scientists in Colorado has found.
