PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man was accused of killing his parents after their bodies were found in a freezer at their Oregon home by police who twice checked on them but were deterred by notes saying the family was away, authorities said Thursday.Jeremy Daniel Ringquist, 38, was jailed on two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Randy and Karen Ringquist, whom he lived with in Springfield, police Sgt. Rich Charboneau said.It was not... [...]
CHICAGO, June 30 (Reuters) - For the first time in its nearly eight-year history, a Chicago review agency that looks at misconduct allegations against the city's police has recommended that an officer be fired for shooting someone, an agency spokesman said on Tuesday.The Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA), a civilian body, found that the officer was "inattentive to duty" in 2011 when he fired shots at the wrong car after a drive-by... [...]
RESTON, Va. (AP) — From the moment he went under, the wisecracks began.
A Virginia man was awarded $500,000 in court after being mocked about his masculinity and insulted by an anesthesiologist during a colonoscopy in 2013.
The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/1deNYgp) reports the Fairfax County jury ordered 42-year-old Tiffany Ingham and her practice to pay the man after a three-day trial last week.
Officials say the man, who wanted... [...]
Some of the 21 people stabbed at a western Pennsylvania high school testified on Monday about their horrific wounds, urging a judge to "fix evil" by trying their classmate as an adult.Alex Hribal, 17, is being held in a juvenile jail on attempted murder charges in the April 2014 attack at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. Hribal, who was 16 at the time of the incident, is accused of slashing 20 classmates and a security... [...]
WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) - Tensions are building inside and outside the white marble facade of the U.S. Supreme Court building as the nine justices prepare to issue major rulings on gay marriage and President Barack Obama's healthcare law by the end of the month.Of the 11 cases left to decide, the biggest are a challenge by gay couples to state laws banning same-sex marriage and a conservative challenge to subsidies provided under the... [...]
