Alabama federal judge resolves wife-beating charge with court program
(Reuters) – An Alabama federal district court judge facing accusations he beat his wife agreed on Friday to attend a 24-week program on family and domestic violence and undergo a substance abuse assessment to resolve the charges, his attorney said.
Daimler to hike Mercedes production in Alabama by 60,000 vehicles
(Reuters) – Daimler AG will hike output at its Alabama Mercedes-Benz plant by 60,000 vehicles annually as it increases production of the C-Class sedan and adds a new sports utility vehicle, the ML Coupe, Daimler’s chief executive officer said on Friday…
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 …
Ex-driver for Washington mayor pleads guilty to campaign violations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The former driver for Washington Mayor Vincent Gray pleaded guilty on Friday to campaign finance violations, prosecutors said, bringing a long-running federal investigation closer to the outgoing mayor.
Oklahoma to halt execution until new protocols in place: governor
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma will put future executions on hold until new procedures are in place as recommended in a report about a troubled execution that exposed shortcomings in the death chamber, officials said on Friday.
Chicago church laments after falling gargoyle kills woman
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A historic Chicago church apologized on Friday, a day after pieces of a gargoyle fell off the building’s facade and killed a mother-of-two who was walking along the street.
Autopsy shows missing Arizona girl was strangled to death
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An 8-year-old girl who vanished from her bedroom and whose body was found in a shallow grave near her home in northwest Arizona was strangled to death, police said on Friday.
U.S. air controllers track plane with unresponsive pilot off Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. air traffic controllers tracked a plane with an unresponsive pilot off the Florida coast on Friday, apparently headed towards Cuba.
U.S. missionary with Ebola arrives at Nebraska hospital
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The third U.S. medical missionary to become infected with the Ebola virus was wheeled on a gurney into the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha for treatment after being flown there from West Africa, a spokeswoman for the medical center…
Jury hits Ethicon with $3.25 million verdict in mesh case
(Reuters) – A federal jury in West Virginia on Friday awarded a woman $3.27 million in one of 33,000 lawsuits that accuse Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Inc unit of selling defective transvaginal mesh devices.
