SALT LAKE CITY – The Girl Scouts are opening a troop at a gay pride center in Salt Lake City that officials say will welcome transgender youth and children from LGBT families. At the troop’s first meeting Monday, five girls made friendship bracelets and learned the Girl Scouts handshake. In …
Read More »Lawyer: John Hinckley, Reagan's would-be assassin, should live outside mental hospital
WASHINGTON – Prosecutors and lawyers for the would-be assassin of President Ronald Reagan are disagreeing over what conditions should be imposed if he’s allowed to leave a mental hospital for good and live full-time with his mother in Virginia. John Hinckley Jr.’s attorney, Barry Levine, said Wednesday during the opening …
Read More »DOE to fund $73M in infrastructure projects to settle nuke dispute in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – More than $73 million will be funneled toward road and water infrastructure projects as part of a settlement between the U.S. Department of Energy and the state over a radiation leak that forced the indefinite closure of the federal government’s troubled nuclear waste dump in southern New …
Read More »Missing 86-year-old woman with dementia found dead in passenger seat of neighbor's truck
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. – An 86-year-old Pennsylvania woman with dementia who disappeared over the weekend has been found dead in the passenger seat of her next-door neighbor’s pickup truck. The Westmoreland County coroner’s office tells the (Tarentum) Valley News Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1K4fMCo ) that it appears Sheila Creevey died of natural …
Read More »Ex-jail guard convicted in inmate's death says he got poor legal help; sentencing delayed
NEW YORK – A former New York City jail guard convicted of ignoring the pleas of a dying inmate has made a last-minute claim his legal representation was insufficient, leading a federal judge to postpone his sentencing. Terrence Pendergrass had faced up to 10 years in prison at his scheduled …
Read More »Michigan man accused of kidnapping and murdering teen dies while awaiting trial
A man awaiting trial in the kidnapping of a 16-year-old western Michigan girl who was later killed has died from medical complications. Gerald Bennett, 63, of Detroit, was admitted Nov. 7 to a hospital for cancer treatment, U.S. Attorney Mark Totten said Tuesday. Bennett was placed on life support after …
Read More »Attorney accused of slaying father over financial dispute hangs himself in prison: police
A former Florida attorney, who was accused of killing his father after allegedly stealing $445,000 from his stepmother’s trust fund, was found dead in prison on Wednesday morning. Brandon Labiner, 34, was facing afirst-degree murder charge for the July shooting death of his father but was found hanged in Palm …
Read More »Florida woman allegedly stabs boyfriend in eye with rabies needles for looking at other women
A Florida woman is behind bars after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend with rabies needles because he was looking at other women. Sandra Jimenez, 44, was charged with aggravated battery in connection with a Saturday incident at a home shared with her boyfriend, according to a Miami-Dade Police Department arrest …
Read More »South Carolina woman, 83, dies after falling into ‘unknown’ well shaft below home’s kitchen
An 83-year-old woman has died in South Carolina after falling nearly 50 feet into a well shaft that was hidden underneath the kitchen floor in a home outside of Greenville, a coroner says. The Oconee County Coroner’s Office says Dorothy Louise Downey showed up at the property in Salem on …
Read More »South Carolina truck driver arrested after allegedly stealing 20 tons of chicken he was hired to deliver
A South Carolina truck driver who was hired to transport chicken has been accused of selling the product to private parties en route to his destination and then keeping the sales as personal profit, police said. Christopher Thomas, 55, of Florence, was hired by a Pilgrim’s Pride Plant in Sumter …
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