U.S. mother pleads to Islamic State leader for her son’s release
BOSTON (Reuters) – The mother of an American journalist held captive by militant group Islamic State released a video on Wednesday appealing directly to the group’s leader for his release.
U.S. government sues Minneapolis suburb for rejecting Islamic center
(Reuters) – The U.S. government sued a small Minneapolis suburb on Wednesday, accusing it of religious discrimination after local leaders denied a Muslim group the right to open a center in the municipality.
Accused Montana killer found mentally unfit to stand trial
(Reuters) – A tribal member accused of fatally shooting his grandmother and two others on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana in 2011 was declared by a federal judge on Wednesday to be mentally incompetent to stand trial.
Equatorial Guinea envoy in U.S. suspected of beating daughter: police
(Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea’s ambassador to the United States is suspected of beating his daughter with a wooden chair leg, leaving her hospitalized, but he was not arrested because he has diplomatic immunity, police said on Wednesday.
Sister of accused Boston marathon bombers arrested after bomb threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The sister of the accused Boston Marathon bombers was arrested in New York City for threatening a woman over the phone, saying she could “put a bomb on you,” police said on Wednesday.
Police presence drawing down in Ferguson, Missouri
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Authorities on Wednesday disbanded what had been a command center in Ferguson, Missouri, for law enforcement responding to sometimes violent protests over the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer.
Suspected Los Angeles serial killer ordered held without bond
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A suspected serial killer linked to a spate of apparently random Los Angeles-area shootings, four of them fatal, made his first court appearance on Wednesday and was ordered held without bond until an arraignment set for next mo…
U.S. judge signals he may order more Abu Ghraib photos released
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge signaled on Wednesday he may order the U.S. government to release as many as 2,000 photographs depicting the alleged harsh treatment of detainees in U.S. custody at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and other sites.
Texas man acquitted of shooting driver who hit, killed sons
ANGLETON Texas (Reuters) – A Texas jury on Wednesday found a father not guilty of shooting dead a suspected drunk driver who hit and killed his two sons while they pushed a truck down a country road late at night.
California city looks to quit Calpers, fears it can’t afford to
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Officials in Villa Park are considering pulling the tiny California city from Calpers, saying the monthly costs of the state’s giant public pension system are crippling the municipal budget.
