Family of Mexican farm worker slain in Washington state seeks new autopsy
KENNEWICK, Wash. (Reuters) – The family of a Mexican farm worker killed by police in Washington state after he pelted them with rocks has asked for an independent autopsy into his death, county officials said on Thursday.
Idaho college official accused of offering scholarships for sex
(Reuters) – The financial aid director for a community college in northern Idaho, who was accused of offering scholarships to students in exchange for sex, is no longer employed at the school, its president said on Thursday.
Washington ACLU sues state hospital district over abortion services
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington state filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the state’s third-largest public hospital district, accusing it of failing to comply with an abortion rights law.
California health officials say may not find source of measles outbreak
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A senior California health official said on Thursday the source of a measles outbreak that has sickened 119 people in the state may never be identified, despite a finding that the same strain of virus had led to a wave of illnes…
Oregon couple charged with murder by abuse for starving baby
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Police in Oregon have charged a couple with murder for allegedly starving their seven-week-old baby boy to death, authorities said on Thursday. 
Suspect arrested in road-rage shooting death of Las Vegas mom
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder on Thursday in the road-rage killing of a Las Vegas mother of four that stunned the community, and police said at least one more suspect remained at large.
Former Tennessee guard recruiter convicted in armory shooting
(Reuters) – A former Tennessee National Guard recruiter was found guilty by a federal jury on Thursday of multiple charges in connection with the wounding of three superiors in a shooting at an armory near Memphis in October 2013, prosecutors said.
Manhunt underway for Idaho inmate who escaped jail through ceiling
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A manhunt was underway on Thursday for an Idaho inmate who escaped jail by inching across crawl space above the facility’s ceiling before dropping into the lobby of the local sheriff’s office, where he stole an employee’s purse and fled on foot, authorities said.
Man charged with killing ‘American Sniper’ was schizophrenic: psychiatrist
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A psychiatrist told a Texas court on Thursday that the man accused of murdering U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle had paranoid schizophrenia and showed signs of psychosis that could not be faked, media reports said.
FBI agent testifies in case of New Jersey rabbis accused of kidnapping
TRENTON, N.J. (Reuters) – An undercover FBI agent testified on Thursday in a case involving three Orthodox Jewish rabbis in New Jersey accused of kidnapping and beating husbands to force them to grant divorces under Jewish law to their wives.
