Florida mother’s forgiveness spares daughter’s killer from prison
MIAMI (Reuters) – In a powerful act of forgiveness, the mother of a girl who died after being shot on a school bus hugged the teen shooter after a plea deal was agreed that he would become an advocate against gun violence rather than be sent to prison….
Reward offered in search for Wall Street Journal reporter
(Reuters) – The family of a Wall Street Journal reporter who disappeared five months ago while taking a walk near his New Jersey home is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to his return, a family spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Four N.Y. strippers arrested in drugging, theft plot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Four New York City strippers and a strip club manager have been arrested in an alleged plot to drug wealthy men and run up false charges on their credit cards, officials said on Wednesday.
Ohio, Illinois soldiers among U.S. dead in Afghan ‘friendly fire’
(Reuters) – Soldiers from Ohio and Illinois are among the five U.S. servicemen killed this week in southern Afghanistan by a “friendly fire” air strike during a security operation, relatives and family friends said on Wednesday.
Two brothers charged in case of missing Tennessee student
(Reuters) – Two Tennessee brothers have been arrested and charged as accessories in connection with the 2011 disappearance of a nursing student in a crime for which two other men already have been charged with murder, authorities said on Wednesday.
Luxury Texas home dangling from cliff after land gives way
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A luxury $800,000 Texas home perched on a lakeside bluff was poised to plunge into the water below on Wednesday after the ground under its foundation eroded and left it precariously balanced on a decaying cliff.
Kayaker who tried to reach Hawaii ‘lucky to be alive’: Coast Guard
(Reuters) – A man who had to be rescued far from the Californian coast after attempting to kayak almost 2,400 miles (3,860 km) to Hawaii is “very lucky to be alive,” the Coast Guard said.
Convicted U.S. child killer owes $15 million to child’s mother: lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A disbarred attorney convicted of killing his illegally adopted daughter in one of New York’s most notorious child abuse cases has not paid any of the $15 million restitution he owes the girl’s birth mother, according to a lawsuit….
Truck driver in Tracy Morgan ‘drowsy driving’ crash due in court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Georgia truck driver accused of causing a fatal car crash on a New Jersey highway that critically injured comedian Tracy Morgan was due in court on Wednesday to face charges of vehicular homicide while driving with too little sle…
Massachusetts’ Cape Cod beaches to ban smoking
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ famous beaches on Cape Cod will ban smoking at all lifeguard-protected areas beginning next week, a move that officials said followed complaints from visitors to the popular resort area.
