Small-town U.S. politician emerges as unlikely foe of India’s Modi
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A city council member from a Chicago suburb of 25,000 people is making for an unlikely antagonist of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, population 1.2 billion.
Chicago-area air traffic center fire grounds 1,750 flights
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A fire apparently set by an employee at a Chicago-area air traffic control center led to the cancellation of more than 1,700 flights at the city’s two major airports, snarling air traffic across the United States, officials said.
Florida teens describe death of friend in loud music shooting trial
JACKSONVILLE Fla. (Reuters) – Three friends of a slain Florida teenager testified on Friday that they did not have a gun and posed no threat when a man opened fire on them in November 2012 because he was upset over loud rap music they were playing at a…
Colorado detective accused of tipping off suspect in luring case
DENVER (Reuters) – A police detective in Colorado has been arrested on charges that he tipped off a suspect in a sex crimes investigation that the 13-year-old girl he had been emailing was actually an undercover officer, prosecutors said on Friday.
Massachusetts man with horn implants convicted of 2011 triple murder
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man with facial tattoos and forehead implants that resemble horns told jurors he would see them “all in hell” after he was convicted of murdering three men in 2011.
Texas jury finds cancer doctor guilty of poisoning lover’s coffee
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A Texas jury on Friday found a Houston breast cancer specialist guilty of spiking the coffee of her lover, a fellow cancer doctor, with a compound used in antifreeze.
Son of accused cartel leader pleads guilty to drug charges in California
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The 24-year-old son of an accused leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s largest drug trafficking organizations, pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court in San Diego to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana.![]()
Suspect in Virginia student disappearance tied to 2002 rape probe
(Reuters) – The man arrested in Texas for the abduction of 18-year-old University of Virginia student Hannah Graham was the focus of a college rape investigation in 2002 and has a long history of arrests, records revealed on Friday.
Pennsylvania ambush suspect planned attack for years: police
BLOOMING GROVE Penn. (Reuters) – The survivalist suspected of killing a Pennsylvania trooper and wounding another in an ambush at a police barracks in the Pocono Mountains had planned the attack for at least two years, state police said on Friday.
U.S. says unapproved genetically modified wheat found in Montana
(Reuters) – Monsanto Co’s experimental genetically engineered wheat, never approved for sale, has been found growing in a second U.S. state, and regulators said on Friday they could not explain how the plants escaped field trials that ended almost a de…




