Speakers rallying at the San Quentin State Prison said the state’s sentencing laws are too strict. They called for an end to solitary confinement and the death penalty and said children should not be tried as adults.I myself experienced more than 14 months of solitary confinement, said Sarah Shourd, 33, an American who was imprisoned [...]
Selection of a jury to hear child endangerment charges against Monsignor William Lynn and more severe sex abuse charges against two others is set to begin in Common Pleas Court.While Lynn is not charged with sex abuse, the others on trial — one priest and one defrocked priest — are accused of sexually abusing children [...]
Four men were allegedly pummeled by restaurateur Adam Hock, 47, in a dispute at The Double Seven club in the trendy Meatpacking District about 2 a.m. Saturday, police said.An individual now known to me from the criminal complaint as the prince was with others harassing my client and acting like little children, name calling and [...]
Their departure signaled the start of the U.S. missionary movement, and today the United States sends more Christian missionaries abroad than any other country, experts say.The United State sent out 127,000 of the world’s estimated 400,000 missionaries abroad in 2010, according to Todd Johnson, director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at [...]
Organizers in El Paso, Texas, said 11,000 participants donned running shoes and signature pink T-shirts to race and walk for Komen, the world’s largest breast cancer charity, a turnout close to the 11,500 or so who took part last year.The El Paso event was the first for the nonprofit since the dispute arose over its [...]
Three skiers died when an avalanche struck near the Stevens Pass ski area in the Cascade Mountains of north-central Washington, King’s County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Sgt. Cindi West said.She said eight other people listed as missing following the avalanche had been found alive and unharmed.Authorities were withholding the names of those killed pending notification of next [...]
King County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindi West said the avalanche struck near the Stevens Pass ski area and that rescue crews were on the scene.Washington State Patrol Trooper Keith Leary said the snow came down at a road about 2 miles from the resort and about 10 miles from the town of Skykomish.The Northwest Weather and [...]
The NBA’s first Taiwanese-American player, after scoring a team-high 28 points and doling out 14 assists, appealed for consideration for members of his family in Taiwan.I love my family, I love my relatives, he said, when asked about his grandmother in Taiwan, who has become something of a celebrity, according to a question asked by [...]
King County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindi West said the avalanche struck near the Stevens Pass ski area and that rescue crews were on the scene.Washington State Patrol Trooper Keith Leary said the snow came down at a road about 2 miles from the resort and about 10 miles from the town of Skykomish.The Northwest Weather and [...]
The first public details about how authorities believe that Sherry Arnold, 43, was kidnapped, slain and buried in a shallow grave, emerged in an affidavit filed in state court on Friday by Richland County, Montana, prosecutor Mike Weber.Most of the account, Weber wrote, stemmed from a confession obtained from the younger of two men charged [...]
