Star witness back on stand in Virginia ex-governor’s corruption trial
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – Defense lawyers for former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell in his federal corruption trial on Monday wrapped up their cross-examination of the businessman alleged to have given McDonnell and his wife gifts and loans.
Parents of bullied Florida girl who killed herself sue school board
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – The parents of a 12-year-old Florida girl who killed herself after being bullied by schoolmates filed a lawsuit Monday accusing the school system of negligence for failing to stop the torment.
Virginia family of five killed in apparent murder-suicide
(Reuters) – A Culpeper, Virginia, family of five was shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide, with the father the suspected shooter, police said on Monday.
Kurds ask U.S. court to scrap seizure order, allow crude delivery
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq asked a U.S. court on Monday to throw out an order to seize some 1 million barrels of disputed crude oil and allow the cargo to be freely delivered in Texas.
Two Detroit men charged in shooting of eight-year-old boy
(Reuters) – Two Detroit men have been charged in last week’s fatal shooting of an 8-year-old boy who had been sleeping in his bed, prosecutors said on Monday.
Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, lifts ban on drinking tap water
TOLEDO Ohio (Reuters) – A ban on drinking tap water in Toledo was lifted early Monday after tests showed that toxins were no longer at dangerous levels from algae on Lake Erie, the mayor’s office said.
Police to charge Guatemalan man in Boston body-in-box case
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Guatemalan man will be charged on Monday with lying to Massachusetts police investigating human remains found in a cardboard box outside Boston last month, officials said.
All-clear given after security alerts at White House, U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police responded to two security incidents on Monday – both of which proved to be false alarms – as Washington, D.C., hosted a summit gathering nearly 50 African leaders.
U.S. chicken farmers latest caught in Russia sanction crosshairs
(Reuters) – Russia’s threatened ban on U.S. poultry imports, the latest move in a sanctions skirmish over Moscow’s support of rebels in Ukraine, has agriculture companies alert to the risks of a conflict that’s already roiled trading of crops ranging f…
U.S. Air Force Academy to probe reports of rape, drug use
DENVER (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force Academy’s superintendent ordered an investigation into the school’s athletic programs on Sunday amid reports of sexual assaults, drug use and academic cheating, primarily among football players at the elite institu…
