Ex-Montana teacher freed after month in jail for raping student
(Reuters) – A former Montana high school teacher was released from prison on Thursday after serving just one month for the rape of a 14-year-old student who later killed herself, a corrections department spokeswoman said.
Florida woman jailed for firing ‘warning shot’ at husband wins new trial
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – A woman sentenced to 20 years in prison after firing a “warning shot” during an argument with her abusive husband won a new trial on Thursday in a case under Florida’s controversial self-defense law.
U.S. says online Obamacare enrollment for individuals starts October 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Individuals seeking health insurance under Obamacare through new federal marketplaces will be able to enroll online as planned beginning October 1, despite a one-month delay for small businesses, the Obama administration said on …
U.S. soldier accused in militia plot to face trial in wife’s death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A U.S. Army soldier accused of using his wife’s $500,000 life insurance benefits to fund an anti-government militia group will face a court-martial on charges that he killed her and their unborn child, a military spokesman said on T…
Police ordered to release 911 audio tapes from Newtown shooting
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – Police in Newtown, Connecticut, have been ordered to release 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School during last December’s massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators by a lone gunman.
U.S. backs market scheme for aviation emissions from 2020
MONTREAL (Reuters) – The United States supports a proposed market-based system to curb carbon emissions from the global aviation sector starting in 2020, but warned that concerns over measures to lower emissions in the interim threaten to undercut the …
Texas man set to be executed for murder over $100 debt
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man who stabbed another man to death when he failed to pay back a $100 debt to an exotic dancer is scheduled to be executed on Thursday.
West Virginia University tops Playboy’s 2013 party school list
(Reuters) – West Virginia University can claim a new national title – the United States’ top party school.
California man behind anti-Islam film to be freed from federal custody
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The man behind a film that stoked anti-U.S. protests across the Muslim world was due for release from federal custody in California on Thursday after serving time for probation violations stemming from his role in making the vid…
Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver commits suicide in Georgia
(Reuters) – Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver, 29, has shot and killed himself at his home in an Atlanta suburb, police said on Wednesday.
