ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The last of the suspects to be charged with the death of a Florida A M University drum major during a hazing ritual has a date in court. Darryl Cearnel has an arraignment Tuesday in state court in Orlando. Cearnel was charged with manslaughter and felony hazing last March, almost a [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate. President Barack Obama backs the proposal to give equal treatment to gays [...]
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved and disable it remotely. The technology, but not an actual gun, was demonstrated Tuesday at a wireless technology conference in Las Vegas and [...]
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MIAMI (AP) — The family of a 22-year-old man killed in a barrage of police gunfire during a hip-hop Urban Beach Week festival in 2011 filed a civil rights and negligence lawsuit Tuesday seeking damages for his death and hoping to figure out what happened. Attorney Marwan Porter said the family believes the killing of [...]
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday released nearly 600 photos that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. The photos showed the handgun, high-capacity pistol magazines and knife that Jared Lee Loughner carried with him as he [...]
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CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Officials in Bartow County say a woman serving on its grand jury has been removed after authorities determined she was not a U.S. citizen. WXIA-TV in Atlanta reports the woman is a legal U.S. resident but that one has to be a U.S. citizen to serve on the grand jury. District [...]
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MILAN (AP) The woman who prosecutors allege had sex with Silvio Berlusconi while he was Italy’s premier in exchange for money spent her second day on the witness stand Friday, denying her own sworn descriptions of racy escapades at his “bunga bunga” parties and long lists of expensive jewelry and watches received from the [...]
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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Legal woes are piling up for the leader of Georgia’s Democratic Party. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a lawsuit filed in Gwinnett County this week accuses Mike Berlon of failing to distribute nearly $1 million from a trust he created for a friend and his son. Earlier this week, the Georgia [...]
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ST. LOUIS (AP) – A southwestern Illinois judge whose colleague died of a cocaine overdose while the two were on a hunting trip together has been charged with possession of heroin and guns. St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook pleaded not guilty during a court appearance Friday in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis. [...]
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy accused of bringing an explosive device to his high school has been charged with first-degree attempted murder and will be prosecuted as an adult. The Boulder Daily Camera reports Andrew de Bartolome was charged Friday and is being held on $100,000 bail. Prosecutor Peggy Jessel says the teen [...]
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