Part of White House evacuated; Obama not present: witnesses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House staff and reporters were evacuated on Friday night by the Secret Service because an intruder was spotted running on the grounds of the complex shortly after President Barack Obama had left the building, witnesses said…
Virginia storm temporarily halts probe into girls’ 1975 disappearance
(Reuters) – Authorities said bad weather on Friday cut short the work of investigators in rural Virginia probing the abduction and murder of two young sisters who disappeared while going to see an Easter exhibit at a Maryland shopping mall nearly 40 ye…
Goodell tackles NFL domestic abuse crisis with vow to reform
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A chastened NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Friday that the league’s poor response to its domestic violence crisis will prompt an overhaul of how it deals with player behavior and punishment in America’s most popular sports …
Three peanut company officials guilty in deadly salmonella outbreak
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Three former peanut company officials were found guilty on Friday in connection with a 2009 salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds, federal prosecutors said.
Pennsylvania boy, nine, feared kidnapped on sailboat in Pacific Ocean
SEATTLE (Reuters) – An international search was underway on Friday for a Washington state father who vanished on a sailboat with his 9-year-old son, possibly to islands in the Puget Sound or South Pacific, or to Mexico, officials said.
Accreditation agency places Corinthian under warning
(Reuters) – Corinthian Colleges Inc said the accreditation agency looking into its placement records has directed the for-profit college to notify its students that it is under warning.
Mother, stepfather sought in disappearance of four Mississippi girls
CANTON Miss (Reuters) – The mother and stepfather of four young Mississippi girls missing for nearly two weeks are being sought by authorities in connection with their disappearance, with the girls feared to be in danger, police said Friday.
Purdue University shooter gets 65 years, shows no remorse
LAFAYETTE Ind. (Reuters) – A former Purdue University student was sentenced on Friday to 65 years in prison for shooting and stabbing to death a fellow engineering senior that he envied, in front of about a dozen students in a lab class in January.
Pathologist reviews autopsy of man killed in NY police choke hold
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A prominent pathologist hired by the family of Eric Garner, a man killed by New York City police in July during an arrest involving a banned choke hold, said on Friday his review of the autopsy confirmed earlier findings that Garne…
Los Angeles iPad rollout for schools slowed by technical challenges: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An ambitious $1.3 billion program to provide an iPad or other device to every Los Angeles public school student has been slowed by technical challenges, with curriculum that was supposed to be built into the technology often inc…
