Arizona appeals panel rules no secret testimony in Arias murder case
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona appeals court tossed out a ruling on Wednesday by a judge presiding over the sentencing retrial of convicted murderer Jodi Arias to allow a witness to testify out of the public eye.
Two FBI agents shot at house near St. Louis, suspect dead
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – Two FBI agents were shot and wounded at a house in north St. Louis County early on Wednesday and the suspect was dead in an incident not related to the racially charged unrest around nearby Ferguson, officials said.
More than 400 arrested as Ferguson protests spread to other U.S. cities
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – National Guard troops and police aimed to head off a third night of violence on Wednesday in Ferguson, Missouri, as more than 400 people have been arrested in the St. Louis suburb and around the United States in unrest after a…
Cleveland video shows police shot boy within seconds
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Cleveland officials on Wednesday released a video of the fatal police shooting of a 12-year-old boy that shows him pointing a pellet gun around a park before police arrive and shoot him within two seconds.
Miners ask court to lift ban on uranium mining near Grand Canyon
(Reuters) – The American mining industry is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a ban on new uranium mining claims near the Grand Canyon in a legal battle with environmentalists over impacts on the premier U.S. park.
Mississippi football rivalry marred by threat to campus greenery
(Reuters) – An anonymous, hand-written note threatening damage to trees and shrubs on the University of Mississippi campus ahead of a major intra-state football game was turned over to federal investigators on Wednesday, the school said in a statement….
FBI arrests man in Texas suspected of being gang hit man
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The FBI arrested a 36-year-old San Antonio man on Wednesday accused of being a mob hit man who is suspected in at least three murders and believed to have given the order to have a Texas police officer killed, the FBI said.
Police make arrest in $50,000 fur coat heist in Connecticut
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Police have arrested one of two men suspected of grabbing $50,000 worth of fur coats on Wednesday from a high-end clothing shop in Greenwich, Connecticut, and then speeding off in a getaway car to New York.
Last of three New Jersey siblings shot by mother dies of wounds
(Reuters) – An 11-year-old New Jersey boy, one of three siblings shot by their mother last week before she turned the gun on herself, has died of his wounds, becoming the fourth fatality in the shootings, state police said on Wednesday.
Convicted Texas murderer featured in ‘Bernie’ film gets sentencing hearing
DALLAS (Reuters) – A former mortician serving a life sentence for murdering an elderly East Texas woman in a case that inspired the 2011 film “Bernie” will receive a new punishment hearing, a state appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
