Teenager pleads guilty in April mob beating of Detroit motorist
(Reuters) – A Michigan youth pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a reduced assault charge and agreed to testify against others in the severe beating of a motorist who accidentally struck a child in Detroit – the second teenager to do so in the case this wee…
Genealogy website Ancestry.com says hackers crashed servers
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – The genealogy website Ancestry.com said its websites were recovering on Wednesday after hackers temporarily shut them down this week in a distributed denial of service attack, but it said no consumer data was compromised.
Lockheed buys California firm that makes thin film coatings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp on Wednesday said it is acquiring Deposition Sciences Inc, a California-based company that provides thin film coatings, for an undisclosed amount from its parent company, Advanced Lighting Technologies Inc.
Executions across the South mark first since Oklahoma bungle
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – A man convicted of killing his wife and her 5-year-old son nearly 30 years ago is set to die by injection in Florida on Wednesday evening, the third person to face execution in 24 hours in separate cases across the South.
Sainthood closer for U.S. Archbishop Sheen, an early televangelist
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. Catholic Archbishop Fulton Sheen, one of the world’s first televangelists, has moved closer to sainthood after a team of theologians agreed a reported miracle should be attributed to his intercession, church officials said on W…
NYC firefighters will respond to all gas leak reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s fire department will now respond to all reports of leaking gas, according to a report released by the city on Wednesday, a move that comes three months after a gas explosion leveled two buildings in Harlem and kille…
Parents of Texas quintuplets say two babies released from hospital
TEXARKANA Texas (Reuters) – Baby by baby, week by week, the parents of 3-month-old quintuplets are bringing their children out of a Dallas hospital, preparing for the day when the whole family will be home 160 miles away.
U.S. lawyers for Blackwater guards say 2007 Baghdad shooting was self defense
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Blackwater security guards faced gunfire from multiple directions and acted in self defense when they shot into a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007, their lawyers told a jury on Wednesday in a case over the killing of 14 unarmed peo…
U.S. captures suspected ringleader of 2012 attack in Benghazi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it had captured a suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador and ignited a political fire…
Missouri gun owner wins apology from police in dispute over video
(Reuters) – A Missouri man who ran into trouble with police when shooting his gun on his family’s property and then was ordered to take a video of the incident off the Internet has won an apology from the local police chief and settled his lawsuit agai…
