Michelle Obama says the ‘blood of Africa’ runs through her veins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – First lady Michelle Obama embraced her family’s African roots in a speech on Wednesday, telling a group of young Africans that the “blood of Africa” runs through her veins as she urged changing traditional beliefs on the worth of educating women.
Despite court ruling, no wedding bells for same-sex couples in South Carolina
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – Five gay couples were denied marriage licenses on Wednesday at a South Carolina courthouse as they offered a symbolic challenge to the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
Oregon hunting guide pleads guilty to injuring wild cats for easy kill
(Reuters) – An Oregon hunting guide accused of injuring or caging mountain lions and bobcats to make it easier for his clients to shoot and kill pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a U.S. Court in Denver to violating a federal wildlife law, prosecutors said…
Ohio man gets life for killing mother and living six months with body
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man convicted of stabbing his mother and living with her corpse for six months was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Two women escape death from train in Indiana, but maybe not jail
(Reuters) – Two women may face criminal charges after narrowly escaping an oncoming freight train as they crossed a bridge above a lake in Indiana by crawling between the tracks as train cars passed inches above their heads, authorities said on Wednesd…
New York man faces drug charges tied to ‘Electric Zoo’ death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man has been charged with selling the potent party drug “molly” to a 23-year-old concertgoer who died of an overdose at a massive electronic music festival last summer, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Fourth Ethiopian athlete missing after track event found safe
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The last of four Ethiopian athletes, who came to the United States for a track meet in Oregon and then failed to fly home with teammates, has been located and is safe after disappearing in a possible asylum bid, authorities said on …
Man accused of trying to smother father could face new charges
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A 58-year-old man arrested this week on suspicion of trying to smother his terminally ill father at a nursing home after getting drunk could face fresh charges pending the outcome of an autopsy, a county prosecutor’s office said o…
Insanity plea mulled for Connecticut teen in prom stabbing case
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Connecticut high school student accused of murdering a female classmate hours before their junior court began talks on Wednesday on whether to amend his plea to not guilty based on insanity or on related grounds….
Doctors deny cutting off Alabama man’s penis
(Reuters) – An Alabama man’s claim that his penis was amputated recently in a circumcision gone wrong is entirely without merit, an attorney representing the doctors being sued said on Wednesday.
