Police probe if Virginia state senator was stabbed by son
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – A Virginia state senator was stabbed and seriously wounded at his home on Tuesday, and police said they were investigating whether the senator’s son may have carried out the attack before committing suicide.
Zimmerman freed from Florida jail after arrest for assault
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) – George Zimmerman, who was acquitted last summer in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, was released from jail on Tuesday after his arrest for an incident in which he is alleged to have pulled a shot…
Guard shoots student dead at Virginia’s Liberty University
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – A male student at Liberty University, a Christian college in Lynchburg, Virginia, was shot and killed early on Tuesday by a university security guard in an off-campus residential hall for women, police said.
Residents of tornado-hit Midwest city regroup amid looting
WASHINGTON, Illinois (Reuters) – Residents of a central Illinois city hit by a powerful tornado worked feverishly on Tuesday to salvage belongings from the rubble of their homes, as an over-burdened police force tried to stop looting.
Texas woman killed in hotel bed by bullet from adjoining room
IRVING, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas woman was killed while watching TV in a suburban Dallas hotel bed on Tuesday after a bullet came through the wall of an adjoining room and struck her in the chest, police in the city of Irving said.
Colorado teen who dismembered girl to spend life in prison
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado teenager who pleaded guilty to abducting, killing and dismembering a 10-year-old schoolgirl, and to the botched kidnapping of a female jogger months before the slaying, was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison.
Driver charged after dragging woman 3 miles along Massachusetts highway
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man was charged on Tuesday in the death of a woman dragged under his pickup truck for three miles (five kilometers) along a highway south of Boston, after a dispute about a motel bill.
Pentagon tightens cybersecurity rules for defense contractors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Tuesday it had approved new rules that would require defense contractors to tighten their computer security procedures and to report any cyber intrusions that resulted in the loss of controlled technical info…
U.S. Justice Department rape statistics understate problem: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice should change how it counts the number of sexual assaults that occur in the United States because its tally understates the numbers by possibly as much as seven-fold, an outside advisory panel said …
Husband of former Florida politician Katherine Harris found dead
MIAMI (Reuters) – The husband of former Congresswoman and Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris was found dead, an apparent suicide, on Tuesday, according to police and a family pastor.
