Detroit man held in woman’s killing, search goes on for children
(Reuters) – A Detroit man is in custody in Georgia on suspicion that he killed the mother of his child and investigators are questioning him in the hope that he can help them find her two missing children, Detroit police said on Thursday.
Bachelor party finds rare mastodon fossil in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE (Reuters) – A group of men attending a bachelor party stumbled across a rare fossil of a mastodon skull, complete with its tusks, in sand at a lakeshore in a New Mexico state park, a museum spokesman said on Thursday.
Maine man, 77, pleads insanity in 2012 double murder over snow shoveling
PORTLAND Maine (Reuters) – (This June 11 story was corrected in 11th paragraph to say it was a woman, not a man, who starved a 5-year-old in 1995 case)
Four killed, one injured in Chicago car crash, police say
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Four people were killed and one person seriously injured when their car hit a wall behind a store on Chicago’s northwest side early on Thursday, police said.
Accused Spanish drug lord convicted in Miami for drug money laundering
MIAMI (Reuters) – The head of a transatlantic cocaine smuggling ring dubbed “Los Miami” was convicted of laundering more than $26 million in the United States through multimillion-dollar waterfront condos and exotic sports cars.
U.S. political polarization increasing, poll shows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans are more divided along political lines than at any time in two decades, with about one in five defining themselves as consistently liberal or conservative, a poll showed on Thursday.
Texas Governor Perry compares homosexuality to alcoholism
(Reuters) – Texas Governor Rick Perry, seen as a potential Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 election, compared homosexuality to alcoholism in remarks in San Francisco.
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush plans 90th birthday skydive
BOWDOINHAM Maine (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush plans to mark his 90th birthday with a skydive in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Thursday with a group of U.S. Army veterans.
Trial will decide which Sterling controls LA Clippers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Shelly Sterling on Wednesday was granted a trial next month in Los Angeles to resolve a dispute with her estranged husband Donald Sterling over who controls the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, leaving its $2 billion sale up in the a…
Brain-dead California teen to get school diploma: family
(Reuters) – A California girl who was declared brain-dead after a tonsillectomy in December will receive an honorary diploma during her school’s eighth grade graduation, her family said on Wednesday.
