Florida man convicted of killing unarmed teen over loud music
JACKSONVILLE Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida jury found Michael Dunn, a middle-aged white man, guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in an argument over loud rap music.
Mother of former U.S. Marine says son suffers in Mexico jail
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The mother of a former U.S. Marine held for six months in a Mexican prison appealed on Wednesday for the U.S. government to do more to free her son, who told her his guards threatened him with rape, torture and execution.
LA officials give final approval to pay increase at large hotels
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles city leaders gave final approval on Wednesday to a measure that would increase the wages of workers at large hotels to $15.37 an hour, prompting a warning from hotel industry officials they might sue over the “living…
Slaying of mother and six children prompts Florida agency changes
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Florida authorities should have done more to respond to repeated warnings of problems in the family where a 51-year-old felon shot his daughter and her six children before killing himself last month, the state child welfare agenc…
Pennsylvania deer hunt curtailed as police search for ambush suspect
EAST STROUDSBURG Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania has reversed an earlier decision to allow deer hunting in an area of the Pocono Mountains where hundreds of law enforcement officers are searching for the suspect in an ambush that killed a state trooper ne…
Ohio woman sues sperm bank after birth of mixed-race baby
(Reuters) – A white Ohio woman is suing a sperm bank for mistakenly giving her and her white same-sex partner sperm from an African-American donor, her lawyer said on Wednesday.
U.S. Army drops murder charges against soldier in slaying of Iraqi boys
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The U.S. Army has dropped premeditated murder charges against a soldier accused of fatally shooting two deaf and unarmed Iraqi boys in 2007 as the cattle-herding teens stumbled across his unit in a palm grove, a military official sa…
Kidnapped Texas girl found in Mexico after 12-year search: police
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A Texas girl kidnapped 12 years ago at the age of four and taken to Mexico by her mother has been found, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
Somali-American gets 30 years for Oregon Christmas bomb plot
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge sentenced a Somali-American man on Wednesday to 30 years in federal prison for trying to blow up a Christmas tree lighting celebration in Oregon four years ago with a fake bomb supplied by undercover government ag…
Hagel orders steps to improve U.S. military healthcare system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel took steps on Wednesday to improve the U.S. military healthcare system after a review concluded that some patients had to wait too long to see a doctor and others received care that was below standar…
