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California man convicted of elder abuse in Nutella fracas
A Los Angeles-area man pleaded no contest on Friday to elder abuse for punching a 78-year-old fellow shopper in the face at a store after he complained the younger man had grabbed too many Nutella waffle samples. Derrick Gharabighi, 24, was at a store in Burbank last month when he stopped for a…
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Connecticut man to be charged with murdering parents after remains identified
Kyle Navin, 27, who was arrested last month on a gun charge as police searched for his parents, appeared in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport earlier on Friday to ask a judge to release him on bail ahead of trial. Noting that two bodies had been discovered by a homeowner in Westport just the day…
ReutersArizona governor signs $3.5 billion education plan to end lawsuit
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation on Friday to pump $3.5 billion more into education coffers over the next decade and settle a five-year-old legal dispute. The Republican governor acted quickly in approving a three-bill package to provide new…
ReutersCalifornia doctor convicted of murder by over-prescription
A Southern California doctor was found guilty of murder on Friday for over-prescribing drugs that caused the fatal overdose of three patients, in a landmark verdict prosecutors called the first such conviction in the United States. The case comes amid what public health officials describe as a…
ReutersBeverly Hills fined for not conserving enough water in drought
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Upscale Beverly Hills is among four California cities whose water utilities have been fined for not forcing residents to conserve enough water during California's unrelenting four-year drought, officials said on Friday. The wealthy Los Angeles…
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New charges for suspect in road rage killing of New Mexico girl
Tony Torrez, 32, has admitted fatally shooting the child, Lilly Garcia, when he opened fire on her parents' truck after cutting them off on Interstate-40 in Albuquerque and exchanging words with her father, police say. As well as charges including first degree murder and child abuse resulting in…
ReutersPort truckers take wage theft grievances to Los Angeles City Hall
Striking Southern California port truckers who accuse shipping companies of wage theft took their grievances on Friday to City Hall in Los Angeles, where they gained new political backing for their cause. The City Council voted unanimously in favor of a resolution voicing support for the truckers…
ReutersColorado carjacker gets 160 years for crime spree caught on live TV
A Colorado man convicted of carjacking three vehicles, including one with a 4-year-old boy inside, was sentenced on Friday to 160 years in prison for the high-speed chase that was seen on live TV, prosecutors said. Ryan Stone, 30, was found guilty in April of 11 felonies including attempted…
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Two dead as torrential rains, tornadoes lash central Texas
At least two people were killed when a storm with high winds and heavy rains pelted central Texas on Friday, flooding highways, causing evacuations after rivers overflowed and spawning tornadoes that ripped through buildings outside San Antonio. The body of one man swept away by raging waters when…
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Man charged in St. Louis area church fires
A 35-year-old man with an extensive criminal record was charged on Friday in connection with a string of suspected arson fires at St. Louis-area churches, police said. David Lopez Jackson, 35, was charged with two counts of second-degree arson in connection with fires set at the doors of two…
ReutersCemetery association cleared in four-year-old's tombstone crushing death
A cemetery association in Utah has been found not responsible for the 2012 death of a 4-year-old boy who was crushed by a tombstone during a summer excursion with his family. Jurors in a Park City, Utah, court on Thursday determined the Glenwood Cemetery Association was not negligent in the death…
ReutersU.S. charges Burkina Faso man with fraud over bogus malaria nets
A Burkina Faso man has been criminally charged by U.S. prosecutors in New York over an alleged $12.2 million fraud in which he put millions of people in his home country at risk for malaria by distributing bogus mosquito nets. Malamine Ouedraogo, 33, was accused on Friday by U.S. Attorney Preet…
Reuters9/11 suspects' lawyers say U.S. senators may have swayed testimony
Defense attorneys for suspects in the Sept. 11 attacks questioned on Friday whether U.S. lawmakers improperly influenced the legal process during a visit to the Guantanamo Bay military prison. The attorneys raised the issue while they questioned a female guard during a pre-trial hearing at…
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Massive fissure mysteriously opens in Wyoming mountains
The mass geologic movement in the remote area where no people or property are directly at risk came to light last week when commercial hunters in Wyoming discovered it and posted photographs and commentary on their firm's Facebook page, sparking a flurry of online interest. The hunters from SNS…
ReutersMan launched from car onto overhead sign in fatal California crash
California Highway Patrol spokesman Chad Guin said he did not know how the 20-year-old man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, ended up on the sign hanging over the Interstate 5 freeway in Glendale. The roll-over crash occurred at around 7 a.m. and blocked southbound lanes for several hours as…
Reuters'Disturbing schools' law criticized after South Carolina student's arrest
A South Carolina law that landed a black high school student in handcuffs after she was thrown across a classroom by a white deputy is too broad and needs to be changed, a sheriff and local leaders said following outrage over the girl's arrest. "A child simply looking at a phone is enough to bring…
ReutersMass release of U.S. prisoners spells deportation for hundreds
Almost a third of 6,000 federal prisoners scheduled to be freed between Friday and Tuesday, part of a push to reduce America's soaring incarceration rate, will immediately be turned over to U.S. immigration authorities for deportation proceedings. While this weekend will be a happy occasion for…
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Two passengers still in hospital in Florida as plane fire investigated
Two adult passengers remained hospitalized as National Transportation Safety Board investigators began examining the engine on a Venezuela-bound 767 airplane that burst into flames before takeoff on Thursday at a South Florida airport, officials said. Twenty-one people were taken to Broward Health…
ReutersPentagon spy agency hires first British deputy director
The Pentagon's principal spy agency is appointing a British Air Force officer as its first deputy director in charge of improving "integration" between U.S. intelligence units and spy agencies of other English-speaking countries. U.S. intelligence agencies have long had close relationships with…
ReutersMontana governor to consider clemency for man convicted in murder of teen girl
Barry Beach was convicted in 1984 by a Montana jury of deliberate homicide after confessing to authorities that he beat to death Kimberly Nees, a 17-year-old classmate at Poplar High School in northeastern Montana, with a wrench and tire iron after she refused him sex, court document show. Beach,…
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