Houston baby found alive in Mexico after mother’s body discovered in fridge
HOUSTON (Reuters) – An 11-month-old Houston boy was found alive in Mexico on Friday, four days after his mother’s body was discovered stuffed in a refrigerator at the family’s apartment, and the boy’s father was detained for questioning, police said.
U.S. opts not to force N.Y. Times reporter to reveal source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has decided not to force a New York Times reporter to divulge the identity of a confidential source for a book that detailed a failed CIA effort to undermine Iran’s nuclear weapons program, a per…
Mississippi pastor trots out horse in wedding dress to protest gay marriage
(Reuters) – A Mississippi pastor brought a horse in a wedding dress to stand with him outside a federal courthouse on Friday in Jackson to protest a federal judge’s ruling, currently on hold, to overturn the socially conservative state’s ban on gay mar…
Sony executive may face call from Sharpton to resign over emails about race
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton will meet next week with Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal and decide whether her emails about President Barack Obama’s race warrant calling for her resignation.
Police charge Atlanta suspect with killing two homeless men, hair stylist
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Police on Friday filed murder charges against a man accused of fatally shooting two sleeping homeless men in downtown Atlanta and a suburban hair stylist over the last two weeks.
New York protesters ‘blow the whistle’ at police stations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Demonstrators staged mass “whistle-blowing” rallies outside police stations across New York City on Friday to start a second weekend of planned protests against the killing of an unarmed black man by a white patrolman.
New York lawyer charged in $5 million fraud outlined in suicide note
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York lawyer left a suicide note admitting that he had run a $5 million Ponzi scheme and called the investments “all an illusion,” prosecutors said on Friday.
St. Louis to discipline officer who wore Wilson patch at protest
(Reuters) – A St. Louis city police officer will be disciplined for wearing a patch bearing the name “Wilson” on his uniform on Friday in apparent support of the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the police department said.
U.S. defense secretary nominee undergoes back surgery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ashton Carter, President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace Chuck Hagel as U.S. defense secretary, has undergone a long-planned surgical procedure on his back ahead of his confirmation process in the Senate, the White House said o…
FBI probing hanging death of black North Carolina teen
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – The hanging death of a black teenager in a small North Carolina town will be probed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the agency said on Friday, after his family questioned a finding by local authorities that it was suic…
