VERNON, Conn. – A Connecticut judge has rejected a request by one of two men convicted in the killings of a mother and her two daughters in a home invasion to drop his remaining appeals and proceed to execution. The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/1dmKn02 ) that a Superior Court judge …
Read More »Man in wheelchair robs bank in New York, makes getaway
NEW YORK – It may not have been the fastest getaway, but police are searching for a man in a wheelchair who robbed a bank in New York City. It happened at the Santander bank in Queens shortly after 2 p.m. Monday. Police say a man in his late 20s …
Read More »Afghan official: 3 children killed, 4 wounded by mortar picked up while playing
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says three children were killed and four wounded after they found an unexploded mortar in a field while playing. Fazal Mohammad Ishaqzia, the governor of Panjwayi district in the southern Kandahar province, said the children killed Wednesday all belonged to the same family. Kandahar …
Read More »1 dead after multiple people stabbed including children at southwest Ohio apartment complex
SPRINGDALE, Ohio – Police say one person is dead after multiple people were stabbed at an apartment complex in southwest Ohio, including another adult and three children. The Hamilton County Communications Center says the five victims were found early Thursday morning in Springdale, about 20 miles north of Cincinnati. Springdale …
Read More »Members of Massachusetts country club score 10 holes-in-one in first 2 months of season
CONCORD, Mass. – Members of a Massachusetts country club are having a remarkable golf season. In the two months since the Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord opened for the season, 10 different players ranging in age from 11 to 79 have scored a hole-in-one. Chris Carpenter, director of golf at …
Read More »Minnesotan who conspired to aid IS group to stay in custody after box cutter found under bed
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota man living at a halfway house while awaiting sentencing on a terror charge was returned to custody in April after a box cutter was found under his bed, according to a court document filed Monday. U.S. District Judge Michael Davis ordered Monday that because Abdullahi Mohamud …
Read More »California becomes the second state where Latinos outnumber whites, census figures show
LOS ANGELES – The long-expected moment when Latinos surpass whites as California’s largest racial or ethnic group has come and gone. According to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in late June, Hispanic Californians began to narrowly outnumber white Californians sometime in the first half of 2014. As of July 1, …
Read More »Serbian police ban gatherings by both by liberals and nationalists on Srebrenica anniversary
BELGRADE, Serbia – Fearing unrest, Serbia’s police have banned gatherings honoring the victims of the Srebrenica massacre 20 years ago as well as those by ultranationalists who have threatened to disrupt the event. Liberal Serbian groups have planned to organize a happening in Belgrade on Saturday when some 7,000 people …
Read More »China accuses trading firms of manipulating stocks, violating trading rules in market slide
BEIJING – Chinese authorities have accused securities firms of manipulating share prices and allowing improper trading during the country’s market plunge, in a possible effort to deflect blame for investor losses totaling several trillion dollars. The accusations follow drastic official efforts to stop price declines that caused China’s market benchmark …
Read More »Bahraini police say man was killed as bomb, which he tried to plant to target police, exploded
MANAMA, Bahrain – Bahraini authorities say a man died when a bomb, which he was trying to plant to target police, went off in the strategic Gulf island kingdom. The Interior Ministry says on its Twitter feed on Wednesday that the person died in the village of Eker, south of …
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