Ohio Attorney General DeWine in hospital after falling ill
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine collapsed during a speaking engagement on Friday and was taken to a Cincinnati hospital, his office said in a statement.
Ex-madam who ran for NYC comptroller pleads guilty to drug charge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Manhattan madam Kristin Davis, whose quixotic bid for New York City comptroller last year was interrupted by her arrest on drug charges, pleaded guilty on Friday to selling prescription drugs for cash.
Kansas violating state constitution in school funding, court says
(Reuters) – Kansas is violating the state constitution in its funding of public schools, a duty that is mandatory and not to be left to the whims of state legislators, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled on Friday.
Memphis mall shooting suspect still at large: police
(Reuters) – The shooter who critically wounded a man in a crowded shopping mall in Memphis, Tennessee, was still at large on Friday, police said.
Conflicting accounts open U.S. Army general’s sex crimes trial
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) – Opening statements in the military trial of a U.S. Army general accused of twice forcibly sodomizing a female captain during their illicit sexual relationship provided sharply conflicting accounts on Friday of wha…
Colorado theater shooter lawyers ask Supreme Court for reporter’s sources
(Reuters) – Attorneys for the man charged with mass murder for shooting dozens of people at a Colorado movie theater have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force a reporter to reveal confidential sources she used for a story about the massacre.
Massachusetts bans ‘upskirt’ photos, closes Peeping Tom loophole
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts on Friday banned people from secretly taking pictures or video under another person’s clothing, two days after the state’s top court pointed out that so-called ‘upskirting’ was allowed under existing laws.
More than 440,000 customers without power in Carolinas due ice storm
(Reuters) – More than 440,000 homes and businesses were without power in North Carolina and South Carolina on Friday due to a strong ice storm.
Maryland girl believed abducted by father after mother found dead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Maryland man suspected of abducting his 11-year-old daughter is wanted by police in connection with the death of the girl’s mother, authorities said on Friday.
One person wounded in shooting at crowded Tennessee mall
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – One person was critically wounded in a shooting at a crowded Tennessee mall late on Thursday afternoon, and four people were arrested, the shopping center and local media said.
