Nearly 40 years after conviction, third Cleveland man cleared of murder
(Reuters) – A Cleveland judge on Tuesday dropped all charges against the last of three men to be exonerated for a 1975 murder after the key witness in the case recanted his testimony.
Hallmark pulls holiday wrapping paper with swastika-like image
(Reuters) – Hallmark Cards Inc, the purveyor of products that it says “make the world a more caring place,” was pulling gift wrap from U.S. stores after a complaint that the paper appears to display a swastika, a symbol associated with the persecution …
Nissan settles class-action lawsuit claiming faulty brakes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nissan North America has agreed to reimburse customers between $20 and $800 each to resolve a lawsuit alleging that defects in certain vehicles caused brakes to fail suddenly, according to court papers.
New York police shoot, kill man who stabbed student in synagogue
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York police fatally shot a man armed with a knife on Tuesday after he stabbed a rabbinical student from Israel in a Brooklyn synagogue, and authorities quickly stepped up security at Jewish houses of worship around the city, po…
U.S. citizen indicted in Israel on weapons charges
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen has been indicted in Israel on weapons charges and told investigators he had been weighing the possibility of attacking Muslim holy sites, the Israeli domestic security service Shin Bet said on Tuesday.
Houston police search for missing baby of dead woman found in refrigerator
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Police are searching for a missing 11-month-old boy on Tuesday after his mother’s corpse was found stuffed inside a refrigerator in their Houston apartment.
Dream on Me recalls playpens because of strangulation hazard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Baby products company Dream On Me is recalling about 10,000 Incredible playpens because their rails can collapse and become a strangulation hazard for children, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.
White House rolls out new tire safety, efficiency program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday will roll out a new program aimed at getting U.S. consumers to buy tires that will enable cars to get better mileage and take better care of them to cut down on tire-related crashes.
Release of autopsy results in L.A. police shooting could come in next two weeks
(Reuters) – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday said he expects the results of an autopsy on an unarmed black man shot by police in August will be released by the end of December, probably in the next week or two.
Executions set in Georgia, Missouri for convicted murderers
ATLANTA/KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – A Georgia man due to be executed on Tuesday for the 1995 murder of a sheriff’s deputy is mentally disabled and received inadequate representation from a lawyer who drank heavily at the time of his trial, the death row inmate’s current attorneys said.
