Texas boy, 8, shot in face by seven-year-old cousin handling gun: police
HOUSTON (Reuters) – An 8-year-old Texas boy was in intensive care on Friday after being shot in the face a day earlier by his 7-year-old cousin when the two were playing with a loaded pistol, police said.
Two killed in botched robbery of marijuana grow in California
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Seven robbers invaded a Central California house used by pot growers and engaged the occupants in a gun battle that killed two of the attackers, while some of their accomplices briefly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl, police said…
Cash-stuffed bra lands Florida woman in trouble at airport
(Reuters) – Padding in her bra and girdle got a Florida woman some unwelcome attention at a U.S. airport.
U.S. judge declines to stop North Carolina’s election law changes
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge refused on Friday to halt North Carolina’s overhauled election law ahead of the midterm vote this November, allowing the provisions, decried by critics as discriminatory, to remain in effect – at least tempor…
Death of Reagan press secretary James Brady ruled a homicide: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Virginia medical examiner has ruled the death of former White House press secretary James Brady a homicide resulting from the 1981 assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan, a Washington police spokesman said on Fri…
Iselle lashes Hawaii with wind, rain as Julio threatens
KAPAAU Hawaii (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Iselle pummeled the Hawaiian Islands with high winds and heavy rain on Friday, forcing hundreds to seek shelter and knocking out power to 23,000 people as residents kept a wary eye on an even more powerful storm…
Detroit bankruptcy judge sees good, bad and ugly in bus tour
DETROIT (Reuters) – The federal judge overseeing Detroit’s bankruptcy case took a three-hour bus tour on Friday to view various aspects of the troubled city, from notorious blighted areas to bright spots such as the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Atlanta confronts tuberculosis outbreak in homeless shelters
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Three homeless people in Atlanta have died of tuberculosis infections as Georgia public health officials work to contain an outbreak affecting shelters, state authorities said on Friday.
Mother of boys found in squalid Denver home pleads guilty to child abuse
DENVER (Reuters) – The mother of four young boys who were found inside a squalid Denver home suffering from malnutrition and unable to speak except by grunts pleaded guilty on Friday to felony child abuse, prosecutors said.
Oklahoma says bodies found in lake solve decades-old disappearance cases
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Authorities on Friday released the names of two of the six people whose bodies were discovered in two cars in an Oklahoma lake by police testing sonar equipment, ending decades-old disappearance cases.
