SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The married couple dubbed the “San Francisco witch killers” seemed locked away for good when each was sentenced to 75 years to life for three Northern California murders three decades ago. But because of a recent federal court ruling, prison officials had to consider them for parole. A parole board at … Continue reading
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The prosecution in the case against an Arizona couple accused of holding their three daughters captive said they’ve proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the girls were severely abused, malnourished and trapped inside a Tucson house. Prosecutor J. Alan Goodwin said there was plenty of evidence to show the girls were … Continue reading
BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on the trial of a police officer accused in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who suffered a spinal injury in the back of a transport van (all times local): 4 p.m. The state’s first witness in the trial for Officer William Porter is a woman who … Continue reading
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The man accused of killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic left a decades-long trail of broken marriages, scant social connections and a reputation for religious zealotry that didn’t match his yen for gambling and extramarital affairs. New court documents and interviews reveal Robert Lewis Dear as an occasionally … Continue reading
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on reports of an active shooter at a social services facility in San Bernardino, California (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Police confirm that people have died in the shooting at a Southern California social services center. San Bernardino police Sgt. Vicki Cervantes told KCBS-TV on Wednesday that “there … Continue reading
CINCINNATI (AP) — An armed suspect who killed a Cincinnati police officer and then was shot to death by police wanted to ambush and kill as many officers as possible, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters said there will be no charges in the case. Deters said 21-year-old Trepierre Hummons, had he … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Colonel Sanders wants to come to your home: KFC said it will start delivering its buckets of fried chicken to customers in two U.S. cities. It will be the first time the chicken chain has delivered in the United States. Starting Thursday, people in Los Angeles and San Francisco will be … Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisors are considering a $290,000 payout to settle a lawsuit by the guitarist of rock band Journey over his lavish 2013 wedding to a former reality television star. A committee of the Board of Supervisors is scheduled to take up the proposed settlement Thursday. Neal Schon married “Real Housewives … Continue reading
BOSTON (AP) — In the ouster of the University of Missouri’s president, leaders of student groups on other campuses dealing with racial strife see an opening to press their own university administrators for better treatment of black students. At schools including Michigan and Yale, students say the protests that led to the resignation of Missouri … Continue reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The racial tension at the heart of the protests that led two top University of Missouri administrators to resign remained at the Columbia campus with the arrest of a white college student suspected of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty. Hunter M. Park, a 19-year-old sophomore studying computer … Continue reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A report filed by a campus police officer confirms that one of the most disturbing incidents of racial intimidation cited by University of Missouri protesters in recent weeks actually happened. The university system’s president and the Columbia campus chancellor announced their resignations Monday after racial unrest that included protests, a hunger … Continue reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The latest on the protests and turmoil over racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri (all times local): 8:55 a.m. A 19-year-old man accused of making online threats against black students and faculty at the University of Missouri campus in Columbia is scheduled to make his first court appearance. Boone … Continue reading
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri called off the execution Wednesday of a man convicted of killing three convenience store workers in 1994, saying courts didn’t have time to resolve questions raised by the U.S. Supreme Court in a last-minute ruling. Ernest Lee Johnson was scheduled to die at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The execution was put … Continue reading
ATLANTA (AP) — The latest on the woman accused of posing as a nurse at the hospice where Bobbi Kristina Brown died (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Sheriff’s officials in a Georgia county say a woman accused of posing as a nurse at the hospice where Bobbi Kristina Brown died has been transferred from a … Continue reading
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Jurors are conducting a third day of deliberations in the murder trial of a Virginia man accused of killing three prominent Alexandria residents in their homes over the course of a decade. Jurors deliberated for two days last week at the trial of 55-year-old Charles Severance of Ashburn. He’s charged in … Continue reading
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