11 students face hazing charge at University of Georgia
(Reuters) – University of Georgia police have charged 11 male students with hazing, police and jail records show, in reported beatings of pledges to a campus fraternity.
U.S. Justice Department to expand rights of same-sex couples
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Attorney General Eric Holder plans widespread changes within the U.S. Justice Department to benefit same-sex married couples, such as recognizing a legal right for them not to testify against each other in civil and criminal case…
Ex U.S. vice president’s wife Joan Mondale eulogized
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Family and friends of Joan Mondale, the wife of former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale, gathered on Saturday for a memorial service to celebrate the life of the woman known as “Joan of Art” for her decades of support for the …
Al Capone’s gangster mansion on the market in Miami Beach
MIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – One of Miami Beach’s most notorious pieces of real estate is back on the block: the asking price is almost $8.5 million.
Former Chicago Mayor Daley leaves hospital
(Reuters) – Richard M. Daley, mayor of Chicago from 1989 to 2011, was discharged from a Chicago hospital on Saturday after being admitted into the intensive care unit a week ago, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Six adults, two children shot to death in Guatemala jungle
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Eight people including a baby and a young girl were killed on Saturday in their home in a dense jungle region in northern Guatemala known to be a hotly contested drug trafficking territory, officials said.
Roads resemble parking lots after snowfall in Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock, Arkansas (Reuters) – Abandoned cars littered roads in Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday, after heavy snowfall the night before turned thoroughfares into hazardous slalom courses and led motorists to leave their vehicles behind, police said…
Ohio governor delays planned execution using two-drug method
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio on Friday delayed its next scheduled execution to complete a review of a new two-drug combination that left a condemned inmate convulsing and appearing to struggle for breath for several minutes as he was put to death in Janu…
U.S. Customs’ drones back in air after crash investigation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection put its drones back in the air on Friday after an investigation into a crash that grounded its unmanned aircraft fleet, the agency said.
Wisconsin baby’s aunt charged in kidnap of six-day-old nephew
(Reuters) – A Colorado woman 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.
