Missouri killer executed, scrutiny high after Arizona
(Reuters) – Missouri officials executed convicted killer Michael Worthington on Wednesday despite calls for caution after a problematic execution in Arizona last month, when a condemned prisoner took more than an hour to die.
Missouri killer executed after Supreme Court denies stay applications
(Reuters) – Missouri officials executed on Wednesday a man convicted of murder for the rape and strangling of a woman in 1995, in the first lethal injection after a prisoner took more than an hour to die in Arizona last month, a state official said.
Second Ebola patient wheeled into Atlanta hospital for treatment
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An American missionary stricken with Ebola in West Africa wore a protective white suit on Tuesday as she was wheeled on a stretcher into the Atlanta hospital where doctors will try to save her and a fellow aid worker from the deadly…
Deal may be near for Colorado woman accused of aiding Islamist insurgents
DENVER (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors and lawyers defending a Colorado woman accused of providing material support to Islamist militants fighting the governments of Syria and Iraq may be close to resolving the case, court records show.
Missing Oregon mother found dead near abandoned car
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A stay-at-home mother of two young children who seemingly vanished from her small Oregon community while running household errands nearly two weeks ago was found dead on Tuesday a short distance from her SUV, authorities said….
Oklahoma teen accused of raping Kenyan children to remain in custody
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma teen accused of raping and molesting orphans during a mission trip to Kenya was ordered on Tuesday to remain in custody when a judge suspended an earlier decision to release him on bond.
Deal may be near for Colorado woman accused of aiding Islamist insurgents
DENVER (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors and lawyers defending a Colorado woman accused of providing material support to Islamist militants fighting the governments of Syria and Iraq may be close to resolving the case, court records show.
Second Ebola patient wheeled into Atlanta hospital for treatment
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An American missionary stricken with Ebola in West Africa wore a protective white suit on Tuesday as she was wheeled on a stretcher into the Atlanta hospital where doctors will try to save her and a fellow aid worker from the deadly…
Havana assails U.S. program to recruit young Cuban dissenters
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba on Tuesday demanded the United States halt what it called subversive acts against the communist-ruled island, saying a recent report that Washington recruited young Latin Americans to promote dissent in Cuba confirmed a longstan…
Searchers comb Washington woods in search of missing six-year-old girl
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Searchers combed through the woods near a Washington state trailer park on Tuesday for a 6-year-old girl last seen in her bedroom on Saturday evening and reported missing when she failed to show up for dinner a day later, officials …
