California bank robbers sought to kill police officers: chief
(Reuters) – Heavily armed bank robbers who took hostages and engaged police in a running gun battle during a high-speed chase across three Northern California communities were bent on killing officers, a police chief said on Thursday.
Louisiana man pleads guilty in 1985 pet cemetery slaying
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A Louisiana man who had long been a suspect in the brutal 1985 slaying of woman at a secluded pet cemetery where he worked as a groundskeeper pleaded guilty on Friday to manslaughter in her death, authorities said.
One dead, two injured in boat crash on popular Seattle lake
SEATTLE (Reuters) – One person was killed when a power boat slammed into a sailboat on a popular Seattle lake, scattering debris over a wide stretch of water, and the motorboat owner was facing criminal charges in the matter, police said on Thursday.
Washington state says marijuana brownies OK, but no lollipops
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Marijuana stores in Washington state can sell marijuana in cookies, brownies and other approved baked goods but cannot put the drug in candies, lollipops or food items that might appeal to children, according to newly released rules…
Gay, married church worker sues Missouri Catholic diocese for firing
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) – A Missouri church worker sued the Catholic diocese in Kansas City on Thursday claiming she was wrongfully fired from her salaried position as a pastoral associate after her marriage to another woman was mentioned in a local …
Threat rises in U.S. from mosquito-borne chikungunya virus
MIAMI (Reuters) – The first two locally acquired cases of a painful mosquito-borne viral illness, chikungunya, have been reported in Florida, the health officials confirmed on Thursday.
Military did not support fixing Afghan exit date: U.S. commander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. military officials would have preferred the United States not announce a date for ending its troop presence in Afghanistan, as the White House did in May, the outgoing commander of U.S. forces there said on Thursday.
Jury ends second day of deliberations in trial of accused Boston bomber’s friend
BOSTON (Reuters) – The jury weighing obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges against a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev adjourned after a second day of deliberations on Thursday.
Body discovered in area of Northern California wildfire
(Reuters) – A body has been discovered in an area where a wildfire allegedly started by a marijuana grower has charred 10,700 acres (4,330 hectares) in Northern California, officials said on Thursday.
Ex-Black Panther sentenced to 20 years for 1980s hijacking
MIAMI (Reuters) – A former member of the Black Panther Party who hijacked a commercial airplane and forced it to fly to Cuba nearly 30 years ago was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday by a federal judge in Florida.
