Police officer says World War Two vet he shot was threat
MARKHAM, Ill. (Reuters) – The Chicago-area police officer who fatally shot a 95-year-old World War Two vet with a bean bag gun feared for his life when he confronted the knife-wielding man at a nursing home, the officer’s lawyer told a court on Friday….
California ‘revenge porn’ trial gets under way in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The trial of a California man accused of running a so-called “revenge porn” website, featuring nude pictures of women often posted by jilted ex-lovers, began in San Diego on Friday in a test of state efforts to clamp down on such …
Power trouble in Washington subway incident lasted 44 minutes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A deadly electrical malfunction that filled a Washington subway with smoke earlier this week went on for 44 minutes before the transit system shut down the charged third rail, federal investigators said on Friday.
Two Florida police officers charged with battery
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida prosecutors on Friday announced the filing of misdemeanor battery charges against two Orlando police officers in unrelated 2014 incidents involving the arrests of black men.
Pennsylvania to pay U.S. $48.8 million over benefits to aliens
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $48.83 million to settle U.S. government claims it violated federal law by providing benefits to ineligible aliens under Medicaid and two other federal programs from 2004 to 2010.
Sandy Hook panel urges further tightening of Connecticut gun laws
HARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut panel charged with coming up with ways to reduce school violence after the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School plans to urge the state to strengthen its already strict gun laws.
Probe sought into Missouri prosecutor’s actions in Brown case
(Reuters) – Four St. Louis-area activists are seeking a court-ordered investigation of the prosecutor who oversaw the grand jury that declined to indict a white police officer who killed black teenager Michael Brown last August.
Suspected arrested in 1984 murder of two sisters in Houston
HOUSTON (Reuters) – With the help of an informant who had a run-in with the law and a DNA database, Houston police said on Friday they believe they have cracked a three-decade-old cold case involving the murders of two sisters who were fatally shot in …
Body found at California desert resort is missing AIG exec: police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A body found on the grounds of a California desert resort hotel has been identified as that of a missing AIG executive who failed to turn up for meetings last week, the sheriff’s office said on Friday.
Firefighters contain Hawaii brushfires sparked by lava flow
(Reuters) – Firefighters in Hawaii backed by water-dropping helicopters and earth-moving equipment contained two brushfires ignited by molten lava that continues to threaten a Big Island village, officials said on Friday.
