Autopsy in Florida Facebook murder shows point-blank shots
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida man who confessed to fatally shooting his wife and posted pictures of her bloodied corpse on Facebook may have shot her several times at point-blank range, a medical examiner’s report showed on Friday.
Friend of ex-Detroit mayor gets 21-year sentence for corruption
DETROIT (Reuters) – A friend and former business associate of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick must serve 21 years in prison for corruption, a federal judge said Friday, a day after she handed Kilpatrick one of the longest prison terms ever given …
U.S. financial regulators propose flood insurance changes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. financial regulators proposed requiring lenders to accept private flood insurance on Friday as part of rules needed to implement a 2012 law that revamps a federal flood insurance program.
Missouri governor halts October execution over drug controversy
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Missouri Governor Jay Nixon said on Friday he was halting an execution set for October 23 that was supposed to be the first ever using the drug propofol and directed the state corrections department to find another for…
All Bulger gang victims should speak at sentencing: prosecutors
BOSTON (Reuters) – Survivors of all 19 people murdered by James “Whitey” Bulger’s gang should be allowed to speak at his sentencing, prosecutors argued on Friday, even if a jury did not find the 84-year-old convicted mobster personally responsible for …
Utah to pay federal government to reopen national parks
(Reuters) – Utah will reopen its national parks and monuments under a deal with the U.S. Department of the Interior, which closed the sites and other parks across the country as part of the partial federal government shutdown that began on October 1.
German firm blocked shipments to U.S. distributor after drug sent for executions
(Reuters) – A German manufacturer confirmed on Thursday that it took the extraordinary step of suspending shipments of a widely used drug to a U.S. distributor this year after 20 vials were mistakenly sent to the state of Missouri to be used in executi…
Accused Colorado gunman’s computer used to search ‘rational insanity’
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A computer belonging to accused gunman James Holmes, who claims he was insane when he shot dead 12 Colorado moviegoers last year, contained an internet search for the term “rational insanity,” a police officer testified on…
Rising number of U.S. homes at risk from wildfires -report
(Reuters) – The number of homes at risk from wildfires in western U.S. states jumped 62 percent in the past year as more properties were developed in fire-prone areas, according to a report released on Thursday.
Astronaut Scott Carpenter, fourth American in space, dies at 88
DENVER (Reuters) – Astronaut Scott Carpenter, who in 1962 became the fourth American in space and the second to orbit the Earth, died on Thursday in Colorado at age 88 of complications from a stroke, his wife Patty Carpenter said.
