Professor jailed after rejecting plea deal in U.S. murder case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A professor at a Swiss university accused of helping arrange the 1995 murder of a man who she says raped her when she was a college student in California was jailed on Thursday after prosecutors said she was no longer cooperatin…
Oregon man held on $5 million bail in bombing of prosecutor’s office
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – A man charged with bombing a prosecutor’s office in southwestern Oregon last week was ordered held on $5 million bail on Thursday, in a case police said was being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism.
Trial of accused Colorado theater gunman postponed
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – The murder trial for the man charged with shooting 12 people to death at a Denver-area movie theater was postponed indefinitely on Thursday to deal with requests by prosecutors for further mental evaluations of the accused…
Miami to begin port dredge in readiness for Panama canal expansion
MIAMI (Reuters) – The long-awaited dredge of Miami’s port will begin this week as it and other cities up and down the east coast scramble to prepare for the massive ships that will pass through the Panama Canal when expansion work there is completed in…
U.S. regulators to consider in-flight calls, text messaging
WASHINGTON/ATLANTA (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering allowing airplane passengers to use their cellphones for calls and text messaging during flights, setting up a challenging debate over technical and social implica…
Accused killer pleads not guilty to murder of New York’s ‘Baby Hope’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The accused killer of a small girl dubbed “Baby Hope” whose death was a mystery for more than two decades pleaded not guilty to her murder on Thursday.
Judge denies bail for alleged Silk Road founder Ulbricht
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday denied a petition to release alleged Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht from jail before his trial, concluding that the bail proposal his defense team presented was not strong enough to dispel worries that …
Another U.S. Navy officer suspended in widening corruption probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy said on Thursday it has suspended the deputy commander of a unit responsible for port and harbor security as a result of allegations in the widening corruption probe involving a Singapore-based defense contractor.
Five children pulled from Minnesota pond after car crash
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Five young children were seriously injured after the car they were riding in veered off a rain-slicked highway ramp and slid into a near-freezing pond in the Minneapolis area on Thursday morning, officials said.
Floridians overwhelmingly support medical use of marijuana: poll
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – An overwhelming majority of Floridians would support legalizing marijuana when used for medical purposes in the Sunshine State, a poll released on Thursday showed.
