WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge erred in dismissing all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007, an appeals court ruled on Friday. The unanimous three-judge panel reinstated the charges and sent the case back to the judge for more proceedings,…
Managers who were onboard the doomed Deepwater Horizon oil rig may face manslaughter charges over the deaths of 11 workers in last year’s mega-disaster that swamped the Gulf of Mexico with tar and crude. “People familiar with the matter” reportedly informed Bloomberg News of the possible charges. They also said…
A man accused of killing a prominent abortion doctor wordlessly pumped a single gunshot into his victim’s head and threatened two other men before fleeing a Kansas church, witnesses said Monday. Scott Roeder, 51, is on trial for first-degree murder in the 2009 shooting death of Dr. George Tiller, one…