Spanish drug trafficker sentenced in Miami to 150 years in prison
MIAMI (Reuters) – The Spanish head of a transatlantic cocaine-smuggling ring dubbed “Los Miami” was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 150 years in prison on charges of laundering more than $14 million through waterfront condos and exotic sports cars.
Jury selection begins in Arias penalty phase retrial in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Jury selection began in Arizona on Monday to decide whether convicted murderer Jodi Arias will be executed for the 2008 slaying of her ex-boyfriend in a case that drew a national audience with its sex-laced and gory testimony.
Suspect in missing Virginia student linked to a 2009 case: TV
(Reuters) – The man suspected in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student earlier this month has been linked by forensic evidence to another student who went missing in 2009 and was later found dead, a television station reported on Monday…
Police probe Miami nightclub shooting where teens, children wounded
MIAMI (Reuters) – Law enforcement and community leaders on Monday struggled to understand how minors, including preteens, were among the 15 shot and wounded early Sunday morning at what police said might have been an unsanctioned nightclub.
Parolee arrested in case of missing Arkansas real estate agent
LITTLE ROCK Ark. (Reuters) – A 33-year-old Arkansas prison parolee was arrested on Monday after an intensive manhunt on suspicion of being responsible for the disappearance of a real estate agent last Thursday.
Missouri man alleging sexual abuse by priest seeks $10 million from diocese
INDEPENDENCE Mo. (Reuters) – It has been 30 years, but Kansas City’s Catholic diocese still should pay a heavy price for allowing a now-dead priest to repeatedly sexually abuse a former altar boy, a lawyer for the alleged victim said in court Monday, k…
Pennsylvania baby shot in head in apparent hunting accident
(Reuters) – A newborn baby was in critical condition on Monday after being shot in the head in western Pennsylvania while lying on his father’s lap at home, an incident that appears to have been a hunting accident, prosecutors say.
New documents show legal basis for NSA surveillance programs
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Documents released by the U.S. government show it views an executive order issued in 1981 as the basis of most of the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities, the American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday….
New York City to end solitary confinement for teens at Rikers jail
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City plans to end the use of solitary confinement to punish teenage inmates at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex by the end of the year, according to a Department of Correction memorandum.
Texas doctor given 10 years in jail for poisoning lover’s coffee
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A breast cancer specialist working at a nationally renowned cancer center in Houston was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in prison for lacing the coffee of her lover, a fellow cancer doctor, with a compound used in antifreeze.
