Oklahoma man kills three suspected burglars with AR-15 rifle
(Reuters) – An Oklahoma man shot and killed three suspected teenage burglars with an assault rifle when they broke into his home, and the 23-year-old is unlikely to be charged based on initial evidence, authorities said on Tuesday.
Cache of Civil War cannon balls found at Pennsylvania construction site
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The discovery of a cache of cannon balls left behind after the worst civilian disaster of the U.S. Civil War brought construction on a Pennsylvania apartment complex to a halt on Tuesday while workers waited for the ordnance…
Man in custody after bringing suspicious package near White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tours were suspended at the White House on Tuesday and the Secret Service established a “security perimeter” after a man with a suspicious package approached a Secret Service officer near the presidential mansion, a spokeswoman s…
U.S. charges three Iraqi refugees with immigration fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three Iraqi refugees in Virginia were charged with immigration fraud on Tuesday after failing to disclose their relationship to a man who was involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen in Iraq in 2004, the Justice Department sa…
Supreme Court rules for Texas death row inmate over IQ claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday faulted Texas, the U.S. leader in executions, in a death penalty case for the second time in a month and again ruled in favor of a black inmate, finding the state used an obsolete standard to assess w…
Trump signs order sweeping away Obama-era climate policies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to undo a slew of Obama-era climate change regulations that his administration says is hobbling oil drillers and coal miners, a move environmental groups have vowed…
Trump applauds Ford’s previous planned investment in Michigan plants
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co on Tuesday said it would invest $1.2 billion in three Michigan facilities and create 130 jobs in projects largely in line with a previous agreement with the United Auto Workers union, hours after U.S. Presid…
Two Miami police officers shot in ambush-style attack
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – Two plainclothes police detectives in Miami were wounded when a group of men fired dozens of shots into their unmarked car Monday night in an ambush, the Miami-Dade Police Department said.
Manhunt prompts evacuation of Arizona wildlife park
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A manhunt for an armed fugitive that triggered the evacuation of a popular wildlife park south of the Grand Canyon ended peacefully on Monday with the arrest of the suspect, police in Arizona said.
Perry pushes Nevada nuclear waste site in first official visit
(Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry pushed for opening Nevada’s Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site in a meeting with the state’s governor on Monday, but the local leader said he remains staunchly opposed to the project.
