Washington state man who put infant in freezer gets 16 years
OLYMPIA, Wash (Reuters) – A Washington state man who prosecutors said beat his crying infant daughter and put her in a freezer for 90 minutes so he could take a nap was sentenced on Friday to 16 years in prison, authorities said.
Four dead, three critically hurt in Jersey Shore motel fire
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, New Jersey (Reuters) – An early morning fire tore through a Jersey Shore motel popular with fishermen on Friday, killing four people and critically injuring three others, law enforcement officials said.
Immigrant, famous for hiding in church, freed from U.S. detention
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A Mexican immigrant activist, who once famously sought refuge from deportation in a Chicago church, has been released from detention, U.S. immigration officials said on Friday, after she returned to the United States seeking to st…
Judge strikes down Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution and must be overturned, a federal judge ruled on Friday in the latest in a series of court decisions to allow gay couples to wed.
Ohio rejects death row inmate’s organ donation request
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio rejected a request from a death row inmate to donate a kidney to his mother, saying there was not enough time for transplant surgery ahead of the execution.
Couple in U.S. lived on yacht, collected welfare: prosecutor
(Reuters) – A couple who collected food stamps and other public assistance from Minnesota while living on a yacht in Florida were being sought on fraud charges, prosecutors said on Friday.
Investigations clear FBI agent in Florida shooting-official
WASHINGTON/ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Investigators have concluded that an FBI agent should be cleared of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Chechen immigrant while he was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing s…
Four dead, three critically hurt in Jersey Shore motel fire
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, New Jersey (Reuters) – An early morning fire tore through a Jersey Shore motel popular with fishermen on Friday, killing four people and critically injuring three others, law enforcement officials said.
Connecticut chimp attack victim seeks right to sue state
HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – A woman whose face and hands were ripped off by a friend’s pet chimpanzee in 2009 came to the Connecticut State Capitol on Friday to ask permission to sue the state for $150 million in damages.
Transport chief asks for review of government GM probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx asked the department’s inspector general on Friday to review whether the government’s auto safety agency had properly investigated reports of ignition problems in recalled General Motors…
