Four people in Virginia shot to death in apparent murder-suicide
(Reuters) – Three adults and a young child were killed in an apparent murder-suicide at a home in Richmond, Virginia, police said on Thursday.
Indiana doctor, new wife die in post-wedding murder-suicide
(Reuters) – An Indiana doctor and his wife died hours after their wedding in a murder-suicide that authorities said on Thursday appeared to be the result of some kind of a dispute at their reception.
White House pans report on Colombia prostitution scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House has dismissed a report implicating a White House advance team member in a 2012 Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia and denied allegations the team member’s involvement had been covered up.
Years after shooting, ex-U.S. Marine gets $10 fine in ‘unprecedented’ case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For two years, a U.S. judge railed against what she called the “unprecedented” civilian prosecution of a former Marine corporal for lying to military investigators about an accidental shooting in Iraq.
Four anti-Islamic State Kurds arrested entering U.S. from Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Homeland Security chief on Thursday presented evidence countering statements from conservative lawmakers that members of the Islamic State, which is the target of a U.S.-led air campaign in Iraq and Syria, had been caugh…
Three U.S. soldiers in Texas charged with smuggling immigrants
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Three soldiers at the Fort Hood Army post in central Texas were arrested on Thursday on charges of smuggling immigrants into the United States while dressed in their military uniforms.
World Trade Center contractor backs out of guilty plea, again
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A construction company owner, charged with defrauding a government program while his firm did nearly $1 billion in work at the World Trade Center, appeared in court on Thursday for the second time this week to plead guilty, only to…
Reuters seeks to open billionaire oilman’s Oklahoma divorce trial
(Reuters) – Global news organization Reuters has asked an Oklahoma court to open courtroom proceedings to the public and unseal trial transcripts of the two-month-long divorce trial of billionaire oilman Harold Hamm and his wife, Sue Ann Hamm.
Connecticut man wrongly jailed for 21 years named to parole board
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut man who spent 21 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of rape and murder said on Thursday he would not be lenient on inmates in his new role as a member of the state’s parole board.
Fears grow in United States over Ebola’s spread outside West Africa
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fears are growing in the United States about Ebola with about 200 airline cabin cleaners walking off the job in New York and some lawmakers demanding the government ban travelers from the West African countries hit harde…
