Pilot of crashed U.S. fighter plane found dead in Virginia
(Reuters) – The pilot of a Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15C fighter that crashed in mountainous western Virginia was found dead on Thursday, officials said.
No criminal charges in fatal gun range shooting by nine-year-old girl
WHITE HILLS Ariz. (Reuters) – County law enforcement officials in Arizona said on Thursday no criminal charges are pending after a probe into a gun range incident in which a 9-year-old girl fatally shot her instructor with an Uzi, adding it was “being …
Colorado judge denies special probe in James Holmes’ notebook leak
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado judge overseeing the murder case against accused theater gunman James Holmes said on Thursday that police may have lied when they denied leaking details of the case to Fox News, but declined to appoint a special prosecutor…
Syrian accused of making detonators with U.S. parts faces Arizona court
(Reuters) – A Syrian man accused of procuring and assembling American-made electronic parts for roadside bombs used in attacks on U.S. military forces in Iraq made his first U.S. court appearance on Thursday in Arizona and pleaded not guilty to federal…
Israel police find body of missing U.S. student
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police said on Thursday they had found the body of a 23-year-old American student who went missing last week near a forest in Jerusalem and that they did not suspect a criminal motive.
California governor considers allowing gender identity on death certificates
(Reuters) – Death certificates in California would be changed to reflect the gender identity of people at the time of their death rather than their sex at birth under a bill sent to Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday, the latest effort by the state to fu…
Utah considers appeal of federal judge’s ‘Sister Wives’ bigamy ruling
(Reuters) – Utah’s attorney general said Wednesday he was considering an appeal of a U.S. federal judge’s ruling that declared part of Utah’s bigamy law unconstitutional and which sided with the star of reality television show “Sister Wives” and his fo…
Idaho follower of polygamous sect faces child injury charges
SALMON Idaho (Reuters) – A follower of imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has been charged with misdemeanor child injury offenses after eight teenage boys were removed from his home during a raid by Idaho authorities last month, a prosecuto…
Hartford police chief criticized by union for joining protesters
HARTFORD Conn. (Reuters) – The head of the police union in Connecticut’s state capital on Thursday blasted the city’s police chief for marching with protesters demanding that criminal charges be dropped against a teenager subdued by an officer’s stun g…
Florida appeals court says state can rule on gay marriage ban
MIAMI (Reuters) – An appeals court in Florida on Thursday rejected a motion by its attorney general that urged the state’s top court to delay a ruling on its same-sex marriage ban until the U.S. Supreme Court eventually decides on the issue.
