Youngest member of murderous Manson cult faces California parole hearing
The youngest member of Charles Manson’s murderous cult is set to ask California authorities on Wednesday to cut short the life sentence she is serving for her role in the gang’s notorious 1969 killing spree.
Father of Saudi sisters found dead in New York rejects suicide scenario
The father of two young Saudi women whose bodies were found bound together in New York last October has dismissed a police assessment that they committed suicide and said marks he saw on their faces indicate they were beaten before their deaths.
‘Absolute coldest’ deadly deep freeze grips Midwestern U.S.
A large swath of the United States was gripped by brutal cold and wind chills on Wednesday as record-low temperatures caused by a blast of Arctic air moved across the Midwest and into Eastern states, prompting residents to stay indoors.
Oink, moo and brrr: Polar vortex strikes U.S. farm belt
Farmers from North Dakota to Iowa buckled down for some of the coldest weather in a generation on Wednesday, throwing extra rations to pigs or building igloos for chickens in the teeth of sub-zero temperatures and bone-chilling winds.
As polar vortex lingers, parts of U.S. set for record lows
Parts of the United States are bracing for record low temperatures on Wednesday, as a blast of Arctic air gripping much of the country spreads further across the Midwest and Eastern states.
New Mexico governor moves to limit methane emissions, combat climate change
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday ordered state officials to develop regulations to reduce methane emissions from its oil and gas industry and separately rollback statewide greenhouse gas output over the next decade.
Texas to execute man who killed policeman 30 years ago
After nearly 30 years on death row, Robert Mitchell Jennings is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday for killing a police officer during a botched robbery.
FBI finds no motive for Las Vegas shooting, closes probe
The FBI has found no clear motive for the killing of 58 people by a sniper firing down at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas in 2017, the agency said on Tuesday as it closed an investigation into the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
L.A. school board seeks pause on charter schools, after teachers’ strike
The Los Angeles school board voted on Tuesday to ask state lawmakers for a moratorium on new charter schools in the area, as demanded by a union for more than 30,000 teachers in a six-day strike that ended last week.
‘I had to get in there’ says Houston officer shot for third time in career
One of several undercover police officers injured during a drug raid at a Houston home was shot for the third time in his career as he tried to rescue wounded colleagues, city police chief Art Acevedo said on Tuesday.
