Sandy Hook panel issues final draft report on Newtown massacre
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – A Connecticut panel charged with finding ways to reduce school violence after the 2012 Sandy Hook School massacre issued a final draft of recommendations on Thursday that includes calls for tougher gun control, improved…
Colorado police officer who shot victim in back pleads not guilty to murder
DENVER (Reuters) – A former police officer in a small Colorado farming town accused of fatally shooting a man in the back while on duty pleaded not guilty on Thursday to second-degree murder, authorities said.
Venezuelan gets jail time for threats after Sandy Hook massacre
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – A Venezuelan national who made dozens of threatening phone calls to residents of Newtown, Connecticut, in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook School massacre there was sentenced on Thursday to a year in prison, followed by …
West Coast ports undergo partial shutdown
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The 29 ports on the U.S. West Coast were effectively closed to cargo freighters for the second time in less than a week on Thursday under a partial shutdown imposed by shipping lines and terminal operators in an escalating labor…
Utah mother pleads guilty to murdering six of her newborn infants
PROVO, Utah (Reuters) – A Utah mother pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges she murdered six of her newborn infants over the course of a decade and stuffed their bodies into cardboard boxes in the garage of her home.
Four sentenced to jail for Virginia students’ hazing deaths
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (Reuters) – Four men pleaded guilty and were sentenced to jail on Thursday for the 2013 hazing deaths of two Virginia State University students who drowned during an initiation ritual.
Los Angeles officer shoots boy, 15, after seeing replica gun
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles police were investigating on Thursday the shooting of a 15-year-old boy who was shot and wounded by a police officer who saw a person next to the teenager pointing what turned out to be a replica gun, police said.
Montana homeowner gets 70 years for killing German exchange student
MISSOULA, Mont. (Reuters) – A Montana homeowner who was convicted of deliberate homicide last year for fatally shooting an unarmed 17-year-old German exchange student who entered his garage was sentenced to 70 years in prison on Thursday.
Lawyer for accused 9/11 plotter alleges mistreatment at Guantanamo
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – An attorney for a Saudi man charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks accused his U.S. jailers at the Guantanamo Bay military prison on Thursday of mistreatment.
Ohio man accused of killing baby with cup held on $2 million bond
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man accused of killing his infant son when he hit him with a coffee cup during a quarrel with the child’s mother is being held on a $2 million bond after a court hearing on Thursday, prosecutors said.
