Teens hijack Baltimore school bus, hit driver with fire extinguisher
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Three teenagers were arrested on Thursday after assaulting a Baltimore school bus driver with a fire extinguisher and trash can, then hijacking the bus for a joy ride, police and local media said.
Normally sunny Hawaii braces for hurricane double punch
HONOLULU (Reuters) – Hawaii braced for a one-two punch from a pair of major storms barreling toward the archipelago on Thursday, with Hurricane Iselle leading the way with high winds and heavy surf as Hurricane Julio gathered steam behind it, U.S. offi…
Married Oklahoma police officers accused of killing daughter’s boyfriend
(Reuters) – Two married Tulsa police officers are being held in jail in connection with the alleged murder of their daughter’s boyfriend, officials said on Thursday.
New Mexico grants short amnesty to people owing child support
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez has granted an amnesty until Aug. 29 to parents who face arrest after falling behind with child support payments, but warned that a crackdown will begin next month targeting those who do …
Star witness in Illinois double-murder trial recounts robbery plan
JOLIET Ill. (Reuters) – The star witness in the trial of a grisly double murder that shocked veteran police officers in the Chicago suburb of Joliet testified on Thursday how she and her friends planned to rob their two male victims.
Embattled NCAA lets richest colleges play their own game
(Reuters) – U.S. college sports took a first step in addressing broad criticism about treatment of student-athletes with a vote Thursday to grant some autonomy to rich athletic conferences, a tacit acknowledgement of their unrivaled economic clout.
Obama administration setting up group on experimental Ebola drugs
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Obama administration is forming a special Ebola working group to consider setting policy for the potential use of experimental drugs to help the hundreds infected by the deadly disease in West Africa, U.S. officials …
Florida lawmakers propose minor changes to congressional maps
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – Florida lawmakers proposed on Thursday new congressional maps that made minimal changes to the boundaries a judge had found unconstitutional, in a ruling that raised the possibility of election delays in upcoming midterm ra…
Florida researchers identify body found at notorious reform school
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – George Owen Smith, a 14-year-old caught with an older boy in a stolen car, was sent in 1940 to a reform school in the Florida Panhandle, never to be seen again by his family.
U.S. Army ends questioning of ex-POW Bergdahl on capture by Taliban
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The military completed its questioning of freed U.S. prisoner of war Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl on Thursday and a U.S. Army general must now recommend whether he should face charges over the circumstances that led to his capture by …
