‘Into the Wild’ hunter fatally shot by police in Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – An Alaskan moose hunter, whose discovery of the corpse of a wanderer two decades ago helped lead to the 2007 movie “Into the Wild,” has been shot and killed by police following a weekend chase through the city of Wasilla, Ala…
Son of former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine commits suicide
(Reuters) – Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine’s 31-year-old son, Jeffrey, committed suicide at a Mexico City hotel this week, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Immigrant protesters cross San Diego border from Mexico, seek asylum
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Dozens of young, undocumented adults raised in the United States but sent back to Mexico marched over the border on Thursday as part of an ongoing protest of the plight of college-age immigrants in a sometimes violent country wher…
Obama aims to tighten rules on for-profit career colleges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will issue rules on Friday aimed at cracking down on low-performing for-profit career training colleges the administration says bury students under mountains of debt and fail to prepare them for a well-payi…
U.S. contractor pleads guilty to giving Chinese woman secrets
(Reuters) – A U.S. defense contractor in Hawaii pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges he passed national defense secrets, including classified information on joint training and planning exercises with South Korea, to a Chinese woman with whom he was ro…
One of U.S. Army’s ’15 Most Wanted’ fugitives arrested in Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – One of the U.S. Army’s “15 Most Wanted” fugitives was arrested in Florida on Thursday, more than 36 years after the man escaped from a federal prison in Kansas and went on the run.
Mother sues Missouri shop for selling gun later used in murder
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – A Missouri gun shop is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after selling a handgun to a woman who is charged with using it to murder her father.
Ex-Fiesta Bowl chief gets eight months for illegal U.S. campaign donations
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The former chief of U.S. college football’s Fiesta Bowl was sentenced to eight months in prison on Thursday for leading a scheme to illegally funnel roughly $50,000 from bowl employees to political campaigns.
Niece creates ‘Mummified in Michigan’ Facebook page to commemorate aunt
(Reuters) – The niece of a Michigan woman whose body is believed to have been found years after she died has created a “Mummified in Michigan” Facebook page to commemorate her as investigators continue to search for clues into her death.
Love story, chronicle of Hurricane Katrina win U.S. book prizes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A love story that examines modern attitudes about race, a chronicle of the days after Hurricane Katrina and a biography of Anglo-Irish satirist Jonathan Swift won National Book Critics Circle awards on Thursday.
