Public transit workers in Philadelphia go on strike as contract expires
(Reuters) – Public transportation workers in Philadelphia went on strike at midnight on Monday after they were unable to reach a contract agreement with the transit system that provides almost one million rides a day in and around the fifth largest U.S…
Two children killed when truck hits Halloween hayride in Mississippi: media
(Reuters) – Two children and an adult were killed and seven people injured on Monday when a truck hit the Halloween hayride carrying them in a small Mississippi town, NBC news reported.
Admitted murderer to face death penalty trial in Massachusetts
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man who admitted to murdering three people in a weeklong 2001 rampage in two states is due back in court on Tuesday, where federal prosecutors plan to try a second time to have him executed for his crimes.
Telescope group chooses Canary Islands as alternative to Hawaii
(Reuters) – The team behind a project to build one of the world’s largest telescopes said on Monday it has chosen Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean as a possible alternative to Hawaii.
Tippi Hedren accuses Hitchcock of sexual harassment in memoir
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Tippi Hedren graphically chronicles in a new memoir incidents in which she says she was sexually assaulted and harassed by famed British director Alfred Hitchcock during her star turns in “The Birds” and “Marnie.”
South Carolina ex-policeman’s murder trial opens with jury selection
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The murder trial of a former South Carolina policeman who shot an unarmed black motorist last year opened on Monday with jury selection, putting the national spotlight back on a case that triggered national concerns about r…
North Dakota pipeline protester charged with attempted murder
(Reuters) – A demonstrator protesting last week at the construction site of an oil pipeline in North Dakota was charged on Monday with the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, according to court documents.
U.S. judge drops part of lawsuit over debunked Rolling Stone rape story
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Monday dismissed part of a $7.9 million defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine filed by a University of Virginia administrator over a debunked gang rape story.
Facebook users ‘check in’ to support North Dakota pipeline protests
(Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of a Native American tribe and environmental activists fighting construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota turned to social media on Monday in a bid to confuse police who they believe are using it to track the p…
U.S. judge rejects NYC police settlement over Muslim surveillance
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge has rejected a settlement of lawsuits charging that the New York City police department illegally targeted Muslims for surveillance, saying the deal did not go far enough and provide sufficient protections.
