Bond set for South Carolina House speaker in official misconduct case
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – Bond was set on Monday for suspended South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell at his first court appearance since being indicted on nine misdemeanor charges of misusing campaign money and official misconduct, his attorney …
Former Philadelphia sportscaster pleads guilty to fraud counts
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – A well-known former Philadelphia sports broadcaster admitted in court on Monday that he defrauded more than 200 people and several local charities of more than $300,000 in a scheme that promised cheap tour packages to the Sup…
Man accused in Chicago air traffic disruption appears in court
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A man accused of setting fire to an air control facility in Chicago on Friday, causing an outage that continues to disrupt flights, appeared in federal court on Monday to hear the charges against him and was ordered held without bon…
Massachusetts officials probing death of skydiving duo
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts officials were investigating on Monday the death of two people during a skydiving accident on the Cape Cod resort area.
Spanish drug trafficker sentenced in Miami to 150 years in prison
MIAMI (Reuters) – The Spanish head of a transatlantic cocaine-smuggling ring dubbed “Los Miami” was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 150 years in prison on charges of laundering more than $14 million through waterfront condos and exotic sports cars.
Jury selection begins in Arias penalty phase retrial in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Jury selection began in Arizona on Monday to decide whether convicted murderer Jodi Arias will be executed for the 2008 slaying of her ex-boyfriend in a case that drew a national audience with its sex-laced and gory testimony.
Suspect in missing Virginia student linked to a 2009 case: TV
(Reuters) – The man suspected in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student earlier this month has been linked by forensic evidence to another student who went missing in 2009 and was later found dead, a television station reported on Monday…
Police probe Miami nightclub shooting where teens, children wounded
MIAMI (Reuters) – Law enforcement and community leaders on Monday struggled to understand how minors, including preteens, were among the 15 shot and wounded early Sunday morning at what police said might have been an unsanctioned nightclub.
Parolee arrested in case of missing Arkansas real estate agent
LITTLE ROCK Ark. (Reuters) – A 33-year-old Arkansas prison parolee was arrested on Monday after an intensive manhunt on suspicion of being responsible for the disappearance of a real estate agent last Thursday.
Missouri man alleging sexual abuse by priest seeks $10 million from diocese
INDEPENDENCE Mo. (Reuters) – It has been 30 years, but Kansas City’s Catholic diocese still should pay a heavy price for allowing a now-dead priest to repeatedly sexually abuse a former altar boy, a lawyer for the alleged victim said in court Monday, k…
