Three American contractors killed in ‘insider attack’ in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – Three American contractors were killed and a fourth was wounded by an Afghan soldier at the military airport in the capital Kabul, an Afghan air force official told Reuters on Thursday.
Video shows ex-NFLer preparing before 2013 murder, prosecutors say
FALL RIVER, Mass. (Reuters) – Security footage shows former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez and two friends in a flurry of preparation hours before the death of an acquaintance he is charged with murdering, prosecutors said on Thursday as t…
$50 million lawsuit planned in NY police shooting of unarmed black man
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The girlfriend of an unarmed black man shot dead by a police officer in a housing project’s dark stairwell notified New York City on Thursday that she plans to file a $50 million lawsuit over his death.
Opening statements to begin in decades-old case of missing NYC boy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Opening statements are due to begin on Friday in the trial of Pedro Hernandez, accused of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz decades ago in a notorious case that ignited a national movement to find missing children.
Flooding leaves mess in oceanfront Massachusetts after storm
MARSHFIELD, Mass. (Reuters) – Ocean Street in the waterfront Massachusetts town of Marshfield was littered with lobster traps, downed wires and chunks of houses on Wednesday, after a massive blizzard hammered New England.
Fourth person charged in fatal 2012 Indiana home explosion
(Reuters) – Prosecutors on Thursday charged a fourth person with murder and arson in connection with a 2012 home explosion that killed a couple next door and damaged scores of homes in an Indianapolis neighborhood.
Brawl erupts at Missouri meeting over black teen killing case
(Reuters) – A meeting aimed at easing tensions between blacks and police in St. Louis erupted into a brawl on Wednesday night, underscoring the ongoing anger that persists in the area after the August police killing of an unarmed black teen.
Dartmouth College to ban hard alcohol on campus
(Reuters) – Dartmouth College will ban hard alcohol on campus as it seeks to cut down on binge drinking among students, the Ivy League school’s president said on Thursday.
Top Nevada lawyer joins suit against Obama’s immigration relief plan
(Reuters) – Nevada’s newly minted Republican attorney general has joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Barack Obama’s order easing the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants, without the support of the state’s …
Son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested in Utah
(Reuters) – The son of a Nevada rancher who was at the center of an armed stand-off with federal agents in a dispute over cattle grazing rights last year has been arrested in Utah, officials said.
