Man convicted in 1979 N.Y. missing child case loses bid for new trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state judge on Thursday rejected a request from a former delicatessen worker to throw out his February conviction for murdering Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy whose disappearance in 1979 became one of the country’s most inf…
Suspect charged with second murder in Ohio nightclub shooting
(Reuters) – A grand jury in Ohio indicted a man suspected of opening fire in a crowded Cincinnati nightclub on a second murder charge Thursday after another suspect died this week.
Astronaut John Glenn laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
(Reuters) – John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth who later became the world’s oldest astronaut and a longtime U.S. senator, was laid to rest on Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
U.S. appeals court upholds stay of Ohio lethal injection process
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld a preliminary injunction against Ohio’s lethal injection process for executions.
U.S. cautions Americans ahead of Kenya elections set for August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Thursday cautioned Americans living in or traveling to Kenya about possible rallies or protests that could turn violent, ahead of general elections slated for Aug. 8.
Aetna exits Iowa individual insurance market for 2018
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Health insurer Aetna Inc said on Thursday it will exit Iowa’s Obamacare-compliant individual insurance market in 2018, citing financial risk and the uncertain outlook.
New Jersey’s Christie halts Amtrak payments after train derailments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has ordered the state to halt all payments to Amtrak and called for an investigation of the national rail operator’s maintenance of tracks and other equipment after the derailment of an NJ Transit…
Accused New York, New Jersey bomber seeks to move trial to Vermont
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Afghan-born U.S. citizen, charged with setting off bombs last September in New York and New Jersey, is seeking to move his upcoming trial from Manhattan to Vermont, arguing he cannot get a fair trial in the city where he is accu…
Forty percent of Americans more cautious with email after election hacking: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Forty percent of Americans say they are more cautious about what they write in emails since last year’s cyber attacks against the Democratic Party, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday.
Century-old posters of U.S. WWI entry are timely in Trump’s America
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fear-mongering can be a thing of beauty. That is one of the surprises of a new museum show of century-old wartime propaganda to mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War One after it declared war on Germany on Apr…
