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John Wise, 68, who said he fatally shot his hospitalized wife, Barbara, 65, out of love in 2012 because of her debilitated condition that left her unable to speak, was convicted of murder in Akron, Ohio, and could face life in prison.
Michael Fuller, an official at Northwest Christian University in Oregon, where student body president Eric Fromm recently publicly declared that he’s an atheist, said he’s long known of Fromm’s lack of belief and didn’t question his election.
Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, said on Bloomberg Television’s Political Capital with Al Hunt that the Republican-run House will enact some “major” revisions of U.S. immigration laws within the next year.
Mary Byram, a Scarborough, Maine, retiree, is the new owner of Miracle, a kitten that was put in a microwave that was purportedly then turned on when the feline was 8 weeks old, after winning a lottery put on by the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland.
Michael Bloomberg, the outgoing New York mayor and a political independent, said on his radio show that he “will not criticize” once Democrat Bill de Blasio takes the helm at the nation’s largest city and added that “These jobs are tough enough without an extra voice criticizing you.”
Michael Fugee, a Roman Catholic priest in New Jersey who admitted to violating a court order barring him from unsupervised contact with minors, has agreed to ask to be laicized in an agreement with prosecutors.
Steven Ferraro, a 10-year Army veteran who fought in the Iraq war, has three children and is studying communications in New Jersey, is the 1 millionth recipient of benefits under the post-9/11 GI Bill, the Veterans Affairs Department announced.
Sam Donaldson, 79, the veteran ABC News personality, saw a drunken-driving charge against him dismissed after a Delaware judge ruled that police lacked probable cause to arrest him last December in the coastal town of Lewes.
Julius Dunsmore was charged with illegally keeping seven deer as pets, including a nine-point buck that mauled and partially blinded him, Alabama wildlife officials said.
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda tested for HIV in public to encourage millions of untested people to check their status, a critical step to stemming the spread of the virus in the East African country.