Heroin abuse at ‘epidemic’ level in South Florida -drug report
MIAMI (Reuters) – A high-profile law enforcement crackdown on prescription painkiller abuse in Florida has addicts turning increasingly to heroin, resulting in the highest number of overdose deaths and hospitalizations in recent years, a report on drug…
New York City, rights group seal deal to end stop-and-frisk
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s new mayor on Thursday announced a settlement with a civil liberties group that sued the city over its stop-and-frisk practices, which he fiercely challenged as a candidate, paving the way for court-ordered reforms t…
New Orleans ex-mayor Nagin led culture of corruption: prosecutors
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Prosecutors accused former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, who led the city during Hurricane Katrina, of running a graft scheme that netted him cash, vacation trips and granite supplies in exchange for contracts to help rebuild the…
Amanda Knox convicted again of Briton’s murder
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – American student Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty on Thursday for the second time of the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher, in a retrial that reversed an earlier appeal j…
U.S. to seek death penalty for accused Boston Marathon bomber
WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) – The United States will seek the death penalty for accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is charged with planting homemade explosives devices that killed three people and wounded 264 at the Boston Marathon last year, the go…
NY City officials bust drug, prostitution ring ahead of Super Bowl
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A multimillion-dollar drug and prostitution ring has been busted, New York City law enforcement officials said on Thursday, as they warned Super Bowl fans to steer clear of the city’s sex and narcotics underworld.
Washington state man survives bone-crushing trip into wood chipper-like machine
(Reuters) – A Washington state man who survived a freak journey through an industrial machine similar to a wood chipper was recovering in a hospital on Thursday from crushed bones and battered organs, and said he felt fortunate to be alive.
Kentucky house fire kills 9 members of one family
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Nine members of a rural Kentucky family, eight of them children, were killed and two others critically injured on Thursday in an early morning house fire sparked by an electric heater, officials said.
U.S. launches clemency effort for low-level drug offenders
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday urged lawyers to help identify incarcerated low-level drug offenders who might be eligible for presidential clemency.
One person shot after fight at Florida community college campus
MIAMI (Reuters) – One man was in critical condition on Thursday after being shot on the campus of Eastern Florida State College, a police official said.
