Ex-tugboat worker pleads guilty to killing 8 in California salon
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) – A former tugboat worker pleaded guilty on Friday to first-degree murder for killing eight people in a 2011 rampage at a Southern California hair salon where his ex-wife worked, in the worst mass shooting in Orange Coun…
Some Georgia church leaders opt out of broad new gun law
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Leaders of two Christian denominations in Georgia said this week that guns had no place in their churches and they would opt out of a new state law allowing firearms in houses of worship as part of a broad expansion of gun rights.
Animal rights group seeks Utah roadside memorial for dead turkeys
(Reuters) – Animal rights activists want to erect a roadside memorial placard to honor hundreds of “terrified turkeys” killed in a tractor-trailer accident on a Utah highway last week, transportation officials said on Friday.
Cleaver-wielding man gets life in prison for killing NY psychologist
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A cleaver- and mallet-wielding man who killed a psychologist in her Manhattan office during a botched robbery six years ago was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without parole, prosecutors said.
Girl’s blood in suspect’s trailer, Virginia prosecutor tells jury
LOVINGSTON, Virginia (Reuters) – The blood of a missing 17-year-old Virginia girl and signs of a violent struggle were found in the trailer of a handyman charged with murdering her, a prosecutor said in opening arguments of the man’s trial on Friday.
Maryland gun store drops plans to sell ‘smart guns’ after threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Maryland gun shop owner has dropped his plan to be the first in the United States to sell a so-called “smart gun” after a backlash that included death threats.
Boo Boo the bear cub bites 14 university students, sparks rabies scare
(Reuters) – A two-month-old bear cub meant to help students relax before final exams nipped more than a dozen of them at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and will have to be killed for rabies testing, the school said Friday.
U.S. to set up emergency gasoline stockpile for Northeast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to create a million-barrel gasoline reserve in the Northeast after Superstorm Sandy in late 2012 left motorists in the region without fuel, exposing vulnerabilities in the nation’s fuel distribution networ…
Teen accused of murder before Connecticut prom makes court appearance
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – A 16-year-old Connecticut boy accused of murdering a female classmate hours before their high school’s junior prom made his first public appearance in court on Friday, looking disheveled and expressionless.
Nine people arrested after violence at May Day protests in Seattle
(Reuters) – Peaceful May Day demonstrations in Seattle descended into violence when a rogue group of protesters threw bottles and firecrackers at police, who arrested nine people, authorities said on Friday.
