Texas to execute ‘ice pick killer’ for rape and murder
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas plans on Wednesday to execute a man dubbed the “ice pick killer” for the weapon he used to murder a woman in 1979, but his lawyers have launched a last-minute appeal to spare his life, arguing his veins are too compromis…
Judge bars separation of immigrants from children, orders families reunited
(Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that U.S. immigration agents could no longer separate immigrant parents and children caught crossing the border from Mexico illegally, and must reunite those families that had been split up in custody.
Firefighters gain on Northern California wildfire
(Reuters) – Firefighters have made progress against a wildfire burning in Northern California that has threatened hundreds of buildings and forced hundreds of people to flee their homes, fire officials said.
High-ranking House Democrat dealt surprise defeat at polls
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Democratic Party’s insurgent left wing and Republican U.S. President Donald Trump each claimed big victories on Tuesday, as voters in seven states selected the parties’ candidates for November’s midterm elections that will dete…
Compassionate release for dying prisoners underused: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Lynn Atkinson knew her cancer-ridden brother had six months to live, she asked the Connecticut prison where he was serving a sentence for robbery if he could come home early to die.
Man in underpants runs onto Atlanta tarmac, pounds on plane windows – police
(Reuters) – A man scaled a fence at Atlanta’s airport on Tuesday, jumped onto the wing of a stationary airliner and pounded on the plane’s windows before being arrested, police said.
Judge bars separation of immigrants from children, orders reunification
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that U.S. immigration agents could no longer separate immigrant parents and children caught crossing the border from Mexico illegally, and must work to reunite those families that had been split up in custod…
Democrat Joseph Crowley loses bid for 11th term
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The No. 4 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, 10-term incumbent Joseph Crowley, lost his bid for another term on Tuesday to a 28-year-old democratic socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Control of Congress in play in votes in seven states
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster appeared poised to capture his party’s nomination on Tuesday for this fall’s midterm elections, a day after President Donald Trump campaigned at his side.
U.S. issued waivers to Trump’s travel ban at rate of 2 percent, data shows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One argument the Trump administration made to the Supreme Court this spring to prove the legality of its travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries was that it had a robust waiver process that would allow people in on a case…
