Inmate convicted of police killing to speak at Vermont graduation
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A former death row inmate, now serving a life sentence for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer in 1981, will deliver a graduation speech at a liberal arts college in Vermont at the request of students there.
Novartis ordered to face U.S. lawsuit over doctor kickbacks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge said Novartis AG must face a U.S. government lawsuit accusing the Swiss drugmaker of paying multimillion-dollar kickbacks, including a $9,750 dinner for three at a Japanese restaurant, to induce doctors to prescribe…
Oklahoma suspect in beheading death charged with murder
NORMAN Oklahoma (Reuters) – Oklahoma authorities on Tuesday filed murder charges against Alton Nolen, who is suspected of beheading a former co-worker at a food distribution center last week shortly after being fired, and may seek the death penalty, pr…
Florida loud music shooting not accidental, shooter testifies
JACKSONVILLE Fla. (Reuters) – A middle-aged white man on trial for murder in the shooting death of a black teenager during a dispute about loud music told a Florida jury on Tuesday he thought his life was in danger and showed little remorse as he descr…
Miami commissioners approve billion-dollar downtown complex
MIAMI (Reuters) – The city of Miami has given the nod to a $1.5 billion mixed-use project boosters said will transform downtown Miami, adding retail and public spaces to a destitute neighborhood squeezed between condominium towers and the home of the M…
Human remains found at trash collection site near Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A worker at a waste collection site near Los Angeles found human remains on a conveyor belt at the facility, marking what local media called the fourth such grisly find in two years, police said on Tuesday.
Sister of accused Boston Marathon bombers pleads not guilty to bomb threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The sister of the accused Boston Marathon bombers pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges she made a threatening phone call to a woman, telling her she could “put a bomb where you live.”
Maine police searching for fake cops after marijuana robbery
AUGUSTA Maine (Reuters) – Police are searching for three armed men who dressed as law enforcement officers to steal medical marijuana plants from a licensed grower in the small central Maine town of Winterport.
AEG asks for more time to lure pro football team back to Los Angeles
(Reuters) – Developer Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) asked Los Angeles on Monday to give it more time to lure a pro football team back to the city and start building a $1.2 billion stadium downtown.
U.S. courts deny trafficking victims lost wages: study
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most victims of sex and labor trafficking in the United States fail to get any back pay, despite a U.S. law requiring courts to order convicted traffickers to pay their lost wages, a new study has found.
