If deemed mentally fit, California college gunman set for trial: local CBS affiliate
(Reuters) – A California grand jury has indicted a former nursing student with seven counts of murder in a shooting rampage at a Christian college, freeing prosecutors from having to present their case to a judge before proceeding to trial if the defen…
Remains of missing student Holly Bobo found in Tennessee
(Reuters) – The partial remains of Holly Bobo, a Tennessee nursing student and cousin of country music singer Whitney Duncan, has been found in Tennessee more than three years after her disappearance from the driveway of her rural home, officials said …
Woman granted retrial with new DNA evidence for 1976 Nevada murder
(Reuters) – A woman who has spent more than three decades incarcerated for a 1976 Nevada killing she says she did not commit has won her bid for a retrial with new DNA evidence and will be freed from prison in the meantime, her attorney said on Monday….
Former California policeman pleads no contest in baseball bat beating
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A former Northern California police officer pleaded no contest Monday to assault and vandalism for beating a woman with a baseball bat while off duty, officials said.
Obama on Ray Rice video: A ‘real man’ doesn’t hit a woman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Speaking out against domestic violence in the wake of a video showing former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee in an elevator, President Barack Obama said on Monday that “hitting a woman is not some…
Two women in their 90s marry in Iowa, seven decades after meeting
(Reuters) – Two Iowa women in their 90s celebrated seven decades they have spent together as a couple by getting married over the weekend in a small ceremony.
U.S. report rips Boeing, Raytheon quality controls on missile defense
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon’s internal watchdog on Monday said it found numerous quality control problems during an investigation of the troubled “kill vehicle”, or warhead, built by Raytheon Co for the Boeing Co-led U.S. missile defense system…
City to become first in Mississippi to grant same-sex spouse benefits: report
JACKSON Miss. (Reuters) – The Mississippi city of Starkville will become the first in the right-leaning state to extend benefits to same-sex partners of its employees, according to local media reports.
University of Miami’s Donna Shalala, former Clinton official, to step down
MIAMI (Reuters) – University of Miami President Donna Shalala, a former Clinton administration official who was considered a major catch by the school when she joined in 2001, said on Monday she plans to step down at the end of the academic year.
Release of U.S. Senate CIA ‘torture’ report still on hold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The public release of a long-awaited U.S. Senate report detailing the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation techniques could be held up for weeks as the Senate Intelligence Committee and Obama administration negotiate what material ca…
