More young mourners showing love, remembrance with ‘RIP’ shirts
CHICAGO (Reuters) – At the crowded funeral of 13-year-old Demureye’ Macon, who was shot on a Chicago street, older mourners wore sober suits and dresses in beige and black.
California fraud defendant charged with plotting to kill witnesses
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California man awaiting trial for insurance fraud and other charges was indicted for plotting with other inmates to kill nine witnesses set to testify against him, prosecutors said on Friday.
California police identify remains of missing Saudi student
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police said on Friday they had identified the remains of a man found alongside a freeway in a Southern California desert city as those of a college student from Saudi Arabia who went missing in September.
Skimpy weapons video involving servicemen investigated in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Images of gun-toting women wearing camouflage bikinis and riding in a tank at a Utah target range have prompted an investigation into whether National Guard and state police gear and uniforms were improperly used in the photo…
Courts knock down gay marriage bans in Arizona, Alaska, Wyoming
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Barriers to gay marriage fell in Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming on Friday following a series of federal court actions in the latest in a series of legal victories for supporters of same-sex matrimony in America.
Kentucky police say boy remains in hospital after sexual assault
(Reuters) – A Kentucky teenager remains hospitalized but his condition is improving after he was sodomized by a group of male acquaintances at a party, an attack that was captured on cell phone video, police said on Friday.
Five report sexual assaults at University of California Berkeley fraternity
(Reuters) – Five people have reported that they were given a date-rape drug and sexually assaulted at an off-campus fraternity at the University of California, Berkeley, school police said on Friday.
San Diego college students get antibiotics after one dies of meningitis
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Free antibiotics have been given out to more than 400 San Diego State University students potentially exposed to bacterial meningitis from a campus sorority member who died of the disease early on Friday, campus and public health …
Connecticut man in plea deal for carrying assault weapon on campus
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – A former University of New Haven student pleaded guilty on Friday to charges stemming from an incident that triggered fears of another Connecticut school massacre in the style of the 2012 Sandy Hook shootings.
Ex-Los Angeles schools chief says resignation came in polarized atmosphere
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former Los Angeles public schools Superintendent John Deasy said on Friday, a day after resigning from his post, that his testimony in a landmark case on tenure rules for teachers created a polarizing atmosphere over his leaders…
