Ohio man who shot wife at hospital sentenced to 6 years
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A man convicted of shooting his wife to death while she was lying in a hospital bed was sentenced by an Ohio judge on Friday to six years in prison after prosecutors requested leniency in the case.
Cantor Fitzgerald, American Airlines settle 9/11 lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cantor Fitzgerald has agreed to settle a lawsuit against American Airlines Group Inc and its insurers over business and property losses stemming from the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, in which the Wall Stre…
Man arrested in stabbing of four outside Denver NFL stadium
DENVER (Reuters) – A 29-year-old man has been arrested in Colorado on suspicion of stabbing four people in a parking lot outside the stadium hosting a National Football League game between the Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers, police said on Frida…
California high-speed rail grinds on as troubles mount
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dan Richard is determined to keep California’s plan for building an 800-mile (1,300-km) high-speed rail system on track despite two recent court rulings against it and rising criticism of the effort.
Half-brother of golfer Tiger Woods arrested over bomb threat
PHOENIX (Reuters) – U.S. golfer Tiger Woods’ half-brother was arrested for making a bomb threat to the Arizona state government building where he works, in what he described as a joke, Phoenix police said on Friday.
Accuser’s lawyer criticizes rape probe involving Heisman favorite
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The lawyer for a young woman who claimed to have been raped by Florida State University quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate Jameis Winston blasted police and prosecutors’ handling of the case on Friday and called for f…
Jury weighs fate of man accused of Cleveland’s deadliest house fire
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A federal jury in Cleveland on Friday was deliberating the fate of a man charged with setting a blaze that killed eight children and a woman in the deadliest house fire in the city’s history.
Levinson not a government employee when he disappeared in Iran: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared during a trip to an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf in March 2007, was not a government employee when he went missing, White House spokesman Jay Ca…
All U.S. states granting military IDs to same-sex spouses: Hagel
(Reuters) – All U.S. states are now issuing military identification cards to the same-sex spouses of National Guard members, allowing them to obtain benefits available to married couples, the Defense Department said on Friday.
Two injured in plant explosion south of Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Two people were injured on Friday in a chemical plant explosion in a suburb of Chicago, local media reported.
