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.
Exclusive: CDC installing cameras in labs in agency-wide safety push
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has introduced camera monitoring of workers in its highest-level biosafety laboratories as it seeks to restore public faith in its procedures after a series of mishaps, agenc…
Texas set to execute man for killing woman, setting her body on fire
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas plans on Thursday to execute Robert Ladd, 57, who was convicted of beating a woman to death with a hammer in her home in 1996 and then setting her body on fire.
Police find human remains in suitcase on San Francisco sidewalk
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco police on Wednesday discovered human body parts stuffed inside a suitcase that had been ditched on the sidewalk of a downtown street, officials said.
