Police find woman’s severed head in bushes outside New York home
(Reuters) – Police found a woman’s severed head in bushes outside a Long Island home on Thursday in an area where human body parts were discovered scattered last week, authorities said.
Three U.S. states sue 5-Hour Energy drink over advertising
(Reuters) – Oregon, Washington and Vermont sued the makers of 5-Hour Energy on Thursday for allegedly deceptive and misleading advertising, and said similar suits will follow in other states in the coming weeks.
Mexican authorities identify body of missing New York man
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said they had identified human remains found in two black plastic bags as a New York man who had disappeared in January while riding his motorcycle to Brazil for the World Cup, an official said on Thursday.
NYPD detective charged with filing fake crime tip for reward
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York police detective has been arrested and charged with filing a fake crime tip in an attempt to cash in on the $1,000 reward, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Truck driver arrested in death of officer in New Jersey crash
NEWARK N.J. (Reuters) – Prosecutors have charged a Brooklyn truck driver with second-degree vehicular homicide after his 18-wheeler left a road in New Jersey on Thursday and killed a police officer conducting speed checks from an unmarked car, official…
Four more charged with hate crimes tied to 2011 Mississippi slaying
JACKSON Miss. (Reuters) – Four white Mississippi residents pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal hate crime charges stemming from an attack on a black man run over by a truck and killed, in a case that has already yielded six convictions.
Opponents question signatures gathered by California breakup group
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Opponents of a long-shot plan to break California into six states demanded an investigation on Thursday into the signature-gathering techniques used by proponents trying to put their proposal before voters in 2016.
Opponents question signatures gathered by California breakup group
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Opponents of a long-shot plan to break California into six states demanded an investigation on Thursday into the signature-gathering techniques used by proponents trying to put their proposal before voters in 2016.
Florida judge strikes down voter-approved same-sex marriage ban
MIAMI (Reuters) – A county judge in Florida struck down on Thursday the state’s gay marriage ban, the latest in a string of court rulings across the United States voiding state laws that restrict the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Suit filed on behalf of woman seen punched by California Highway Patrol officer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Attorneys filed a lawsuit on Thursday on behalf of a woman whose arrest was caught on video when a California Highway Patrol officer threw her to the ground beside a Los Angeles freeway and punched her, an incident that angered …
