New Jersey home shooting appears to be murder-suicide gone awry
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A day after a shooting in New Jersey that left two children dead and their mother and brother in critical condition, police said on Friday it appeared to be a murder-suicide attempt gone awry.
Transvaginal mesh trial losses put pressure on Boston Scientific
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Boston Scientific Corp’s back-to-back losses in the first two federal trials over its transvaginal mesh devices could drive up the cost of resolving thousands of similar lawsuits, according to legal experts.
Activists seek clemency for terminally ill Texas death row inmate
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Activists delivered a petition to Texas Governor Rick Perry on Friday with more than 100,000 signatures seeking the release of a death row inmate they say is terminally ill and only has weeks to live.
Four people injured in accident at Chicago Macy’s
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Four Macy’s employees were injured, one seriously, in a cooking accident after an aerosol can of butane got hot and ruptured at the Macy’s store in downtown Chicago on Friday morning, according to fire and store officials.
Indiana man beheaded in Syria remembered in Muslim prayer service
FISHERS Ind. (Reuters) – Muslims in Indiana held a funeral service on Friday for Abdul- Rahman Kassig, formerly known as Peter, who was beheaded by Islamic State militants in Syria after being held captive for a year.
Woman says New Orleans police closed rape case as consensual sex
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – The lawyer for a woman who says her rape was dismissed by New Orleans police as consensual sex wants the case to be among the hundreds of mishandled sex crime and child abuse cases reopened by the department, she told a press co…
L.A. school district settles teacher sex abuse suits for nearly $140 million
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles school district has agreed to pay nearly $140 million to families of students subjected to sexual abuse by an elementary school teacher who infamously took bondage-style photos of some pupils, school officials sa…
San Francisco window washer in hospital after 11-story fall onto car
(Reuters) – A San Francisco window washer fell 11 stories from a high-rise building on Friday, landing atop a moving car on the street below, and was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
Woman who led New Mexico police on chase indicted second time
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – A woman who last year led New Mexico police on a car chase in which shots were fired by officers at her minivan with five children inside has been indicted on multiple charges for a second time, her lawyer said on Friday.
Any new U.S. Internet rules must withstand lawsuits: FCC chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators expect Internet service providers to sue the government over any changes in the way they are regulated and must reevaluate any proposals to make sure they stand up in court, Federal Communications Commission Chair…
