Pennsylvania officials seek motive for school stabbing rampage
MURRYSVILLE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Pennsylvania officials sought a motive on Thursday for what may have driven a 16-year-old student to turn on his classmates with two kitchen knives, stabbing startled victims in the stomach and back and leaving nea…
Suspect surrenders in deadly Florida day care center car crash
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A Florida man suspected of involvement in a hit-and-run car crash that killed a 4-year-old girl and injured 14 people at an Orlando-area day care center surrendered to authorities on Thursday, police said.
More than 100 passengers sick on cruise off California
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A cruise ship with more than 100 passengers and crew suffering from a gastrointestinal ailment caused by Norovirus, have arrived in San Diego, a cruise line spokeswoman said on Thursday.
U.S. Justice Dept faults Albuquerque police on excessive force
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department cited the Albuquerque Police Department on Thursday for engaging in what federal civil rights investigators call a pattern of excessive force, some of it deadly, against residents of New M…
Minnesota lawmakers OK raising minimum wage to $9.50 an hour
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Minnesota lawmakers on Thursday approved a measure raising the state’s minimum wage from one of the lowest in the nation to one of the highest.
California ex-city official gets more than 11 years in corruption case
(Reuters) – A former top official for the California city of Bell was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison on Thursday for her role in a public corruption scandal that drew national attention and led to upheaval in the working-class community.
Justice Dept faults Albuquerque police on excessive force
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department cited the Albuquerque police department on Thursday for engaging in what federal civil rights investigators call a pattern of excessive force, some of it deadly, against residents of New M…
Five charged in kidnapping of North Carolina prosecutor’s father
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – Five people face kidnapping charges in the abduction of a North Carolina prosecutor’s father, who was rescued in Atlanta four days after disappearing from his home, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Thursd…
Dartmouth gets $100 million donation, largest in school’s history
(Reuters) – Dartmouth College has received an anonymous donation of $100 million – the largest in its 244-year history, the Ivy League school said on Thursday.
Appeals court hears case testing gay-marriage rights
DENVER (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court signaled on Thursday it may strike down a Utah ban on same-sex marriages in the highest-level case to date to test whether gay and lesbian couples have a right under the U.S. Constitution to marry.
