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.
Missouri executes triple murderer after stay is lifted
(Reuters) – After a nearly day-long delay amid a flurry of final appeals, Missouri put to death a triple murderer who had claimed both that he was innocent and that he suffered from mental incompetence.
New York’s MTA, unions to continue talks Thursday to avert strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and unions representing 5,400 workers on the Long Island Rail Road will continue talks to avert a strike that would cripple the nation’s largest commuter railway, both sides said o…
Funeral held for six killed in Texas family shooting
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of mourners heard relatives share pleasant memories on Wednesday at the funeral of six family members, including four children, who were shot dead execution-style in their suburban Houston home last week.
Couple sought in North Carolina theft of $10,000 dinosaur replica
RALEIGH N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina police said on Wednesday they were looking for a man and woman caught on video pilfering a duck-billed dinosaur replica valued at $10,000 from a state science museum.
Colorado judge proposes new trial date for accused theater gunman
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado judge overseeing the murder case against accused theater gunman James Holmes proposed on Wednesday that jury selection begin in December for the trial that has already been postponed three times, a court filing shows.
New York’s MTA, unions to continue talks Thursday to avert strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and unions representing 5,400 workers on the Long Island Rail Road will continue talks to avert a strike that may affect hundreds of thousands of commuters, both sides said on Wedn…
New York’s MTA, unions to continue talks Thursday to avert strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and unions representing 5,400 workers on the Long Island Rail Road will continue talks to avert a strike that may affect hundreds of thousands of commuters, both sides said on Wedn…
Trial starts for Texas stepmother accused of starving boy to death
DALLAS (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Texas woman accused of starving her 10-year-old stepson to death and dumping his body in a creek bed told a court at the start of her trial on Wednesday that she was trying to protect the child from his father.
U.S. judge rules California death penalty system unconstitutional
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California’s system for imposing and carrying out the death penalty is so long and drawn-out that it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and thus is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
