Former Marine freed from Mexico jail arrives home in Florida
(Reuters) – A former U.S. Marine, newly freed after seven months in a Mexican jail on gun charges, arrived in his home state of Florida on Saturday to get treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Ebola costs encourage budget flexibility among U.S. Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Worries about Ebola are chipping away at some congressional Republicans’ support for maintaining across-the-board spending caps on U.S. government agencies and the military.
Jehovah’s Witnesses to pay $13.5 million in California sex abuse ruling
SAN DIEGO Calif. (Reuters) – A Californian judge has ordered the Jehovah’s Witnesses to pay $13.5 million to a man who was sexually abused in the 1980s by a church leader, attorney for the victim said on Friday.
Hawaii pair took photos, prodded fiery lava with golf clubs: police
PAHOA Hawaii (Reuters) – Two Hawaii residents have been charged with trespassing after police found the man and woman snapping pictures within five feet of a slow-moving river of molten lava that is threatening a nearby village, police said.
Three trick-or-treating teenage girls killed in California hit and run
(Reuters) – Three teenage girls were killed while trick-or-treating in southern California on Friday evening when they were struck by a hit-and-run driver, authorities said.
Third victim in Washington state school shooting rampage dies
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A girl shot during a rampage at a Washington state high school last week that left two other girls dead along with the gunman has died from her wounds, Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett said on Friday.
Mexico judge orders release of former Marine jailed on weapons offenses
(Reuters) – A Mexico judge has ordered the release of a former U.S. Marine jailed for months on weapons offenses, U.S. media reported on Friday.
Navajo high court finds election officials in contempt
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The Navajo Nation’s highest court on Friday held the tribe’s election board in contempt for refusing to follow its orders that a Nov. 4 vote to pick the tribe’s top official be postponed and that a candidate be removed from the ball…
Seattle Pacific University lifts campus lockdown after gun threat
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle Pacific University said on Friday its campus was on lockdown after a student received a threat of someone coming to the school with a gun, but lifted the order about an hour later and police arrested a woman who threatened a…
Suspect in Pennsylvania police ambush denied bail
MILFORD Pa. (Reuters) – A bruised and gaunt Eric Frein, captured after a seven-week manhunt and wearing the handcuffs of the Pennsylvania trooper he is accused of killing, was held without bail on Friday after his first court appearance on first-degree…
