Minivan and truck collide in Maryland, killing five family members
(Reuters) – Five people, including two children and a pregnant woman, were killed early Saturday in Maryland after truck crashed and rolled over on top of a minivan, state police said.
Man acquitted in Trayvon Martin case charged in domestic dispute
MIAMI (Reuters) – George Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in a fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in 2013, was charged with aggravated assault on Saturday after his arrest in connection with a domestic disturbance in …
Output cuts expected at Husky Energy’s Lima, Ohio, refinery after explosion
(Reuters) – A loud explosion rocked Husky Energy’s 155,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude oil refinery in Lima, Ohio, on Saturday and a source familiar with the facility’s operations expected production slowdowns but not a complete shutdown.
Four men shot dead in San Francisco: California newspaper
(Reuters) – Four men were shot dead in a car in a trendy neighborhood in San Francisco, California late on Friday evening, local media reported.
London cleric Abu Hamza sentenced to life in U.S. prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The radical London cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri was sentenced to life in a U.S. prison on Friday for his conviction on terrorism-related charges, including his role in the 1998 kidnapping of Western tourists in Yemen that left four ho…
Albuquerque police officer shot by fellow officer during drug bust
ALBUQUERQUE (Reuters) – An Albuquerque police officer shot and critically wounded a fellow officer during an undercover narcotics bust at a fast food franchise parking lot at around mid-day on Friday, police said.
University of Oregon sued over rape accusation involving athletes
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – A University of Oregon student who says she was raped by three players on the school’s basketball team has sued the university, saying officials had known one of the men was suspended from another college over sexual misconduct claims, lawyers said on Friday.
FBI releases sketch of ‘person of interest’ in Colorado NAACP bombing
DENVER (Reuters) – The FBI released a sketch on Friday of a man possibly linked to a homemade bomb that exploded behind NAACP offices in central Colorado earlier this week, but investigators would not speculate on a motive for the blast.
U.S. prosecutors recommend criminal charges against Petraeus – N.Y. Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing criminal charges against former CIA chief David Petraeus for improperly providing classified information to a female Army Reserve officer with whom he was having an affair, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Judge denies gag order in rape case against Virginia abduction suspect
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) – A Virginia judge denied a gag order request on Friday in a rape and attempted murder case against Jesse Matthew, the man also charged with abducting Hannah Graham, a Virginia student whose body was discovered in October on …