Category Archives: World
Minnesota homeowner gets 90 days in jail after killing man
ST. JAMES, Minn. - A Minnesota man who shot and killed a suspected burglar was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail by a judge who said the homeowner opened fire “out of fear and maybe some stup...
Jul 11, 2017
Defence looks for holes in Penn State pledge death hearing
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Lawyers for members of a Penn State fraternity who face charges in the death of a pledge spent much of a daylong preliminary hearing Tuesday focusing on what their clients didn’...
Jul 11, 2017
Detained Iranian researcher sent back to home country
BOSTON - An Iranian cancer researcher who was detained at Boston’s Logan International Airport has been sent back to his home country. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol spokeswoman Stephanie Malin ...
Jul 11, 2017
Judge clears Florida city in hospital wrongful death lawsuit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A federal judge has thrown out most of a lawsuit filed by the family of a black woman who died in December 2015, while police forcibly removed her from a Florida hospital where she...
Jul 11, 2017
Man pleads guilty to killing bald eagle that ate from pond
NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia man has pleaded guilty to killing a bald eagle because he was upset that the bird was taking fish from his pond. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of ...
Jul 11, 2017
Cadaver dogs used, dirt sifted in search for 4 missing men
PHILADELPHIA - Police used cadaver dogs, a backhoe and other construction equipment Tuesday to help search a sprawling farm for four missing men believed to be victims of foul play. A prosecutor, mean...
Jul 11, 2017
Voter fraud panel tells states to hold off on sending data
CONCORD, N.H. - President Donald Trump’s commission on election fraud is telling states to hold off on providing detailed voter information in the face of increasing legal challenges. The commis...
Jul 11, 2017
Long his father's attack dog, Trump Jr. now in eye of storm
NEW YORK - Donald Trump Jr. has long been his father’s id, the brawler who has helped fuel the president’s pugilistic instincts and stood firm as one of his fiercest defenders. Now the pre...
Jul 11, 2017
Black teenager says California police wrongly roughed her up
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A black woman contends she was confronted by police at gunpoint, punched in the mouth and bitten by a police dog after she was mistaken for a much larger bald man suspected of th...
Jul 11, 2017
Wisconsin officers fatally shoot naked suspect who had gun
JOHNSON CREEK, Wis. - Law enforcement officers in Wisconsin fatally shot a naked carjacking suspect Tuesday after authorities say the gun-wielding man tried to enter a restaurant following a chase. Th...
Jul 11, 2017
