U.S. job growth offers upbeat sign for weather-beaten economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth accelerated sharply in February despite the icy weather that gripped much of the nation, easing fears of an abrupt economic slowdown and keeping the Federal Reserve on track to continue reducing its monetary stimu…
Maryland girl missing after mother’s murder found with father
TOWSON, Maryland (Reuters) – An 11-year-old girl who was missing from a Baltimore-area home where her mother was killed has been found at a South Carolina motel with her father, who was arrested on murder and flight charges, police said on Friday.
U.S. Army general’s accuser gives tearful account of alleged sex crimes
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) – A U.S. Army general twice forced a female captain to engage in oral sex when she tried to break off their illicit sexual relationship during their deployment in Afghanistan in 2011, the woman said during an emotio…
Daughter of Obama’s former pastor convicted in fraud case
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The daughter of President Barack Obama’s former pastor was convicted on Friday of laundering thousands of dollars from a state grant for a Chicago-area job-training program, federal prosecutors said.
California bill seeks to curb sexually explicit Internet bullying by teens
SARATOGA, California (Reuters) – Teenagers who share sexually explicit images of others on the Internet to harass them could soon face tougher punishment under California legislation proposed on Friday, spurred by the suicide of a teen after images of …
Ex-NFL player wanted for rape will stay in California for now
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former NFL player Darren Sharper, facing California charges of drugging and raping two women, will not immediately be sent to Louisiana where he is wanted on suspicion of rape in a separate incident, a judge ruled on Friday in a…
Ohio couple found guilty of enslaving woman and child
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio couple was convicted on Friday of holding captive a cognitively disabled woman and her young child, who were forced to eat dog food and threatened with a large snake, federal prosecutors said.
U.S. fraternity ends pledging for new members after hazing deaths
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Sigma Alpha Epsilon, one of the oldest and largest U.S. college fraternities, said on Friday that it would eliminate its member initiation practices, following a number of hazing-related deaths and other incidents.
Ted Turner rushed to clinic in Argentina with appendicitis: media
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Philanthropist and former media tycoon Ted Turner was rushed to hospital on Friday in Argentina’s Patagonia region before flying to Buenos Aires for appendicitis surgery, local media said.
Fight over tobacco settlement money could cost Pennsylvania millions
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Lawyers for the state of Pennsylvania asked a judge on Friday to throw out an arbitration ruling that could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars from the landmark 1998 settlement with the nation’s tobacco companies.
