Star witness testifies against ex-Connecticut governor in corruption trial
NEW HAVEN Conn. (Reuters) – Former Connecticut Governor John Rowland, forced from office a decade ago on a corruption conviction, promised a political newcomer he could help her get elected by working as a consultant on her 2012 congressional campaign,…
Washington state to pay family $10 million after highway tree crash
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Washington state will pay $10 million to the children and son-in-law of a couple who were killed when a tree crashed onto their SUV along a U.S. highway, their attorney said on Friday.
Death penalty sought for Colorado teen, boyfriend in elderly couple’s slaying
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado prosecutor said on Friday she will seek the death penalty for a teenage woman and her boyfriend charged with killing the man’s grandparents to inherit $20,000 and a house.
Fraternity at Los Angeles university disbands after hazing-related death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A fraternity at a Los Angeles university has agreed to disband due to the hazing-related death of a 19-year-old pledge who collapsed in the heat on a hike after his group ran out of water, the school’s president said on Friday.
Ex-lawyer for Aryan Nations dies during murder plot prison term
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former Idaho attorney Edgar Steele, who once represented the Aryan Nations white supremacist group and expressed his own anti-Semitic and racist views, has died in California while serving a 50-year prison sentence for solicitin…
Oklahoma to install new protocols before next execution: governor
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma will put in place new procedures, recommended in a report about a troubled execution that exposed shortcomings in the death chamber, before it again carries out capital punishment on an inmate, officials said on Frida…
Iraq refiles case in U.S. court over disputed Kurdish crude
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Iraq has refiled in U.S. court to gain control of $100 million of Kurdish crude oil on a tanker near Texas, days after the court ruled it lacked jurisdiction to seize the cargo but said it could hear arguments over who is the oil’s …
HIV-positive Cleveland priest pleads guilty to soliciting sex in park
(Reuters) – An HIV-positive Cleveland priest on Friday pleaded guilty to attempting to solicit sex from a ranger in a city park, according to court and police records.
Sotloff lauded at Florida service as journalist committed to truth
MIAMI (Reuters) – Nearly 1,000 people including relatives, friends and prominent Florida politicians attended a memorial service on Friday for Steven Sotloff, who was killed by Islamic State militants, recalling him as a journalist committed to reveali…
Sotloff lauded at Florida service as journalist committed to truth
MIAMI (Reuters) – Nearly 1,000 people including relatives, friends and prominent Florida politicians attended a memorial service on Friday for Steven Sotloff, who was killed by Islamic State militants, recalling him as a journalist committed to reveali…
