U.S. judicial agency OKs early release of federal prisoners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 46,000 drug offenders will be eligible for early release from federal prison under an amendment to sentencing guidelines passed on Friday by a U.S. judiciary agency – unless Congress blocks the change.
Man, allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes, dies after chokehold by NYC police
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man, described as an asthmatic father of six, died after New York police tackled him in front of a beauty parlor and put him in a chokehold on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes.
U.S. Congress staffer arrested on weapons charge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A staff member for a Pennsylvania congressman was arrested on Friday after he tried to carry a handgun and magazine into a House of Representatives office building, U.S. Capitol Police said.
Maryland man killed while testing bulletproof vest
(Reuters) – A Maryland man faced murder charges on Friday after accidentally shooting his friend while testing out a bulletproof vest, a shooting reportedly recorded on a video camera.
Charges to be dropped for Arizona mother who left children in hot car
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona prosecutors will drop child abuse charges against a woman who generated nationwide attention after leaving her two young sons in a hot car while she went on a job interview, authorities said on Friday.
Oil trains, born of U.S. energy boom, face test in new safety rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Dakota’s Bakken oil patch has thrived thanks in large part to the once-niche business of hauling fuel on U.S. rail tracks. New safety rules may now test the oil train model.
Appeals court upholds ruling voiding Oklahoma gay marriage ban
Oklahoma City (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court decision voiding as unconstitutional Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage, drawing on a similar decision it made for Utah.
Indiana University doctoral student among Malaysia Air dead
(Reuters) – A Dutch doctoral student and former member of the Indiana University rowing team was among the nearly 300 passengers killed when a Malaysian airliner went down in Ukraine, the university said on Friday.
Tour bus crash in upstate New York kills one, injures others
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A commercial tour bus traveling from Canada rolled over on an upstate New York highway on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring several others, police said.
Suspects charged in North Carolina theft of $10,000 dinosaur replica
RALEIGH N.C. (Reuters) – A man and woman caught on video swiping a baby dinosaur replica from a North Carolina museum have turned themselves in, and the roughly foot-long model valued at $10,000 was recovered, state officials said on Friday.
