U.S. judicial agency to vote on releasing federal prisoners early
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 50,000 drug offenders may be released early from federal prison if a U.S. judiciary agency votes on Friday to change the nation’s sentencing guidelines.
U.S. hearing aid sales gain 6 percent in June, led by veterans: data
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The U.S. hearing aid market grew 6 percent year-on-year in June, driven by an increase in sales to Veterans Affairs (VA), a government program for military veterans, data from Bernstein Research showed on Friday.
Colorado issues kidnap alert for woman who claimed dying baby vision
DENVER (Reuters) – Officials in Colorado issued a child-abduction alert late on Thursday for a 5-month-old girl they said was kidnapped in Oklahoma by a woman described as claiming to have had a vision of the infant dying within two days.
Jerry Sandusky’s son recounts sexual abuse by his father
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – An adopted son of convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky recounted to Oprah Winfrey in often graphic detail how the former Penn State University assistant football coach had molested him as a teenager in what became a “bedti…
Police find woman’s severed head in bushes outside New York home
(Reuters) – Police found a woman’s severed head in bushes outside a Long Island home on Thursday in an area where human body parts were discovered scattered last week, authorities said.
Three U.S. states sue 5-Hour Energy drink over advertising
(Reuters) – Oregon, Washington and Vermont sued the makers of 5-Hour Energy on Thursday for allegedly deceptive and misleading advertising, and said similar suits will follow in other states in the coming weeks.
Mexican authorities identify body of missing New York man
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said they had identified human remains found in two black plastic bags as a New York man who had disappeared in January while riding his motorcycle to Brazil for the World Cup, an official said on Thursday.
NYPD detective charged with filing fake crime tip for reward
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York police detective has been arrested and charged with filing a fake crime tip in an attempt to cash in on the $1,000 reward, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Truck driver arrested in death of officer in New Jersey crash
NEWARK N.J. (Reuters) – Prosecutors have charged a Brooklyn truck driver with second-degree vehicular homicide after his 18-wheeler left a road in New Jersey on Thursday and killed a police officer conducting speed checks from an unmarked car, official…
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.
