Arrests made in New Orleans shooting that left two dead, toddler blind
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Police on Thursday arrested two men suspected of carrying out a drive-by shooting in New Orleans over the weekend that left two people dead and five wounded, including two toddlers who were shot in the head.
California drought holds steady amid summer storms, experts say
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – As California lawmakers moved a nearly $7.6 billion water bond to the November ballot, federal meteorologists said on Thursday that the state’s ongoing drought has appeared to level off, though conditions remain “extreme” …
Billboards go up for fugitive Mexican drug lord wanted in U.S.
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Federal authorities offering a $5 million reward for a fugitive Mexican drug lord who killed a U.S. anti-narcotics agent in the 1980s have taken the unusual step of plastering his face on billboards in southwestern border states.
Washington state school officials criticize federal ‘failing’ status
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Superintendents from 28 Washington state school districts have begun sending letters to parents that criticize the classification of many schools as failing under federal standards, education officials said on Thursday.
Former Florida mayor acquitted on federal extortion charges
MIAMI (Reuters) – A federal jury acquitted a Miami-area mayor on Thursday on charges that he accepted thousands of dollars from FBI agents during an undercover sting operation.
Los Angeles man convicted of ex-girlfriend’s murder 35 years later
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Southern California man, who prosecutors say stabbed and strangled his ex-girlfriend to death in 1979, was found guilty of her murder by a Los Angeles jury on Thursday, more than three decades later.
Bin Laden son-in-law should get 15 years in prison: defense lawyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A defense lawyer for the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden convicted on terrorism-related charges in New York federal court said on Thursday that his client should serve no more than 15 years in prison.
Plane silent in landing that killed father, daughter on Florida beach
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – A plane that crash-landed on a Florida beach last month, killing a 9-year-old girl and her father, had lost engine power and narrowly missed other people as it glided silently toward shore, the National Transportation Safety Boar…
Pennsylvania man found guilty of murdering parents, twin brother
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man has been found guilty but mentally ill in the sword-stabbing murders of his parents and twin brother, his lawyer’s office said on Thursday.
Arab Bank called Hamas ‘paymaster’ as trial opens in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Arab Bank Plc served as “paymaster” of funds supporting Hamas, lawyers for a group of Americans suing the bank for compensation stemming from attacks by the Palestinian militant group told a jury on Thursday as a long-anticipated c…
