Florida teen in loud music murder trial was unarmed, witnesses say
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – A black teenager shot dead by a middle-aged white man in Florida after an argument over loud rap music, was unarmed and never threatened his assailant, a court heard on Friday.
Arizona judge rejects bid to spare murderer Jodi Arias from death
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona judge has rejected a bid by convicted murderer Jodi Arias to be spared the death penalty in the 2008 slaying of her ex-boyfriend, according to court papers made public on Friday.
Wisconsin baby’s aunt charged in kidnap of 6-day-old nephew
(Reuters) – A Colorado woman who police believe faked a pregnancy was charged on Friday with the kidnapping in Wisconsin of her 6-day-old nephew, who was found a day later behind a gas station in Iowa, federal prosecutors said.
U.S. missionary said moved back to North Korean labor camp
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. missionary being held in North Korea was moved from a hospital back to a labor camp last month on the same day he made a public appeal for Washington to help get him home, a U.S. State Department official said on Friday, c…
Three convicted of some charges tied to 2012 Chicago NATO plot
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Three men accused of plotting to attack high-profile targets during a 2012 NATO summit in Chicago were convicted by a jury Friday on mob action and arson charges, but acquitted on terrorism-related charges.
Despite coarse comment, Nuland no stranger to power of words
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Victoria Nuland, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe who angered some of the very people she is supposed to cultivate by crudely disparaging the European Union in a leaked phone call on America’s Ukraine policy, is no stranger to th…
Two L.A. sheriff’s deputies charged in jail beating amid ongoing probe
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies accused of punching, kicking and pepper-spraying an inmate, then falsely claiming that he attacked them, have been indicted on federal charges amid an ongoing probe of the country’s larg…
SWAT team arrests martial arts fighter Silva after threats
MIAMI (Reuters) – Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Thiago Silva was arrested after barricading himself in his south Florida townhouse following threats to kill his estranged wife and others at a local martial arts gym, police said on Friday.
Former U.S. analyst pleads guilty in leak to reporter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. State Department analyst pleaded guilty on Friday to sharing secret information about North Korea with a reporter for Fox News, becoming the latest government employee convicted in a campaign against unapproved leak…
U.S. hiring struggles to rebound from winter chill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job creation slowed sharply over the past two months, turning in the weakest performance in three years and raising the prospect that the economy may be losing momentum.
