Two California men charged with serial killings of prostitutes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two Southern California men have been charged with murder in the slayings of four women over the last six months, after the body of one victim was found on the conveyor belt of a recycling center in the city of Anaheim, police s…
U.S. healthcare usage and spending resumes rise in 2013: report
(Reuters) – Americans used more health services and spent more on prescription drugs in 2013, reversing a recent trend, though greater use of cheaper generic drugs helped control spending, according to a report issued on Tuesday by a leading healthcare…
CBO lowers U.S. deficit estimates as health subsidies fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act will cost slightly less than previously thought, helping to slow down the forecast growth of U.S. deficits over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said on Mon…
Bail set at $6 million for Utah woman suspected of infant killings
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A Utah mother was ordered held on $6 million bail on Monday, accused of killing six of her own newborn children over a 10-year period and stuffing their bodies into cardboard boxes that were later unearthed at the house where…
Alabama man sentenced in murder-for-hire plot to kill neighbor
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – An Alabama man who tried to hire members of the Ku Klux Klan to torture and murder his African-American neighbor was sentenced on Monday to six years in prison.
Fourth person charged in Oklahoma killing of Australian athlete
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma man was charged on Monday as an accessory after the fact in connection with the killing last summer of an Australian athlete who had been attending a state university, prosecutors said.
Nevada cattle rancher calls on local sheriffs to join his cause
BUNKERVILLE, Nevada (Reuters) – A Nevada rancher who succeeded in reclaiming his seized cattle from federal land managers over the weekend by rallying armed supporters called on local sheriffs across the country on Monday to join his crusade against go…
Ex-Ku Klux Klan leader charged in Kansas Jewish center killings
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (Reuters) – The suspect in the Passover Eve killings of three people at two Jewish community centers near Kansas City is a former Ku Klux Klan leader with a history of spewing vitriol against Jews, law enforcement officials said o…
Jury selected for U.S. trial of one-eyed, handless Islamic cleric
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eight men and four women will decide the fate of Egyptian-born radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri at his trial on charges of assisting in a 1998 kidnapping in Yemen and plotting to establish a training camp for militants in …
Convict gets life sentence for plot to decapitate U.S. judge, prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A convict was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for plotting to have a judge and a prosecutor decapitated and their heads preserved in formaldehyde as souvenirs, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office for …
