Jury convicts man of murder in Auburn, Alabama pool party shooting
BIRMINGHAM Ala. (Reuters) – An Alabama jury on Tuesday convicted a 24-year-old man of capital murder in the deaths of two former Auburn University football players and another man, all shot at a pool party in 2012, a court official said.
Exclusive: Missouri police plan for possible riots if Brown cop not charged
FERGUSON MISSOURI (Reuters) – Missouri authorities are drawing up contingency plans and seeking intelligence from U.S. police departments on out-of-state agitators, fearing that fresh riots could erupt if a grand jury does not indict a white officer fo…
Dallas Ebola patient on ventilator and receiving kidney dialysis
DALLAS (Reuters) – The Ebola patient fighting for his life in a Dallas hospital is on a ventilator and a kidney dialysis machine to help stabilize his health, the hospital said on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania grandfather charged in starving of seven-year-old boy
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The grandfather of a boy who Pennsylvania authorities say was starved nearly to death, appeared in court on Tuesday to face 14 charges including aggravated assault, false imprisonment and attempted first-degree murder.Dennis Beig…
Guantanamo force feedings aimed at discouraging other prisoners -witness
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials at Guantanamo Bay prison are using force feedings of a Syrian detainee to discourage other inmates from joining a hunger strike, a witness at a federal trial over his treatment said on Tuesday.
Boy survives six-story fall in trash chute at Hawaii condo building
(Reuters) – An 8-year-old boy has survived a six-story fall down a trash chute at a Honolulu high-rise building, and he escaped the chute with help from a bystander who pulled him out using a hose, officials said on Tuesday.
Friend of accused Boston bomber changed story on dorm visit: agent
BOSTON (Reuters) – A friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber initially denied visiting the suspect’s dorm room three days after the deadly blasts but changed his story while being questioned by the FBI, an agent who interrogated him testified on T…
Brookfield gets court OK to buy Atlantic City’s Revel casino
(Reuters) – An affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management got court approval to buy Atlantic City, New Jersey’s shuttered Revel Casino Hotel for $110 million in cash on Tuesday after a judge rejected complaints the auction for the bankrupt complex was ta…
Three siblings dead in murder-suicide in New Orleans: police
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A 55-year-old man shot dead his older brother and sister before turning the gun on himself early on Tuesday in a New Orleans residence, police said.
U.S. justices scratch chins over prison beard lengths
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices, hearing an important religious rights case on Tuesday, expressed doubt over whether the state of Arkansas can justify preventing a Muslim inmate from having a beard.
