Oklahoma police arrest rape suspect left in a coma after car crash
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Tulsa Police have arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of the sexual assault of eight women after finding the man in a weekend car crash that put him into a coma, police officials said on Thursday.
Suspected Seattle killer may have met victims through gay social app
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A man suspected of killing two gay men in Seattle last month may have targeted his victims using a social networking app geared toward gay men and police are investigating their deaths as a possible hate crime, authorities said on T…
Dead South Carolina teen’s family skeptical of police suicide probe
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – Civil rights advocates and the family of a 19-year-old former Army recruit fatally shot during a June 20 encounter with a South Carolina police officer are questioning the claim by law enforcement that his death appears to h…
Phones, shoes to face scrutiny as airport security tightened: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al Qaeda-affiliated militant groups, U.S. officials sa…
Georgia man charged with murder of son in hot car to remain jailed
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A suburban Atlanta man who prosecutors said intentionally left his 22-month-old son strapped inside a hot car to die because he wanted to live a child-free life will remain jailed pending his trial, a judge ruled on Thursday.
North Carolina’s outer banks to take full force of hurricane Arthur
HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C, (Reuters) – The first hurricane of the Atlantic season gained strength on Thursday as it spun toward the North Carolina coast on the verge of Category 2 status, forcing thousands of vacationers to scrap their July Fourth holiday p…
Errors, staff absences behind $300 mln New York City gaff: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Absent employees, flawed processes, and inadequate systems were among a catalog of problems uncovered at New York City agencies in a new report into why nearly $300 million of city money was erroneously paid out to pensioners earli…
Brooklyn cabbie convicted of plotting Pakistan ‘honor killings’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York cab driver was found guilty on Thursday of conspiring with relatives in Pakistan to commit “honor killings” of family members of a relative he believed helped his daughter escape back to the United States.
Death of Detroit-area soccer referee ruled a homicide
(Reuters) – The death of a soccer referee who was punched by a player during a game over the weekend in a Detroit suburb was ruled a homicide on Thursday, a step that could lead to more severe charges against the man accused of hitting him.
Arthur nearing North Carolina coast: NHC
(Reuters) – The eye of hurricane Arthur was nearing the coast of North Carolina and the core of the system is expected to pass near or over the coast and the outer banks tonight, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.
