Admitted triple murderer again fights execution at Boston trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man who admitted stabbing three people to death in a weeklong 2001 rampage in two states returns to a Boston courtroom on Wednesday fighting for his life as federal prosecutors mount a second attempt to have him execu…
Colorado’s civil litigation over movie theater massacre ends
DENVER (Reuters) – The movie theater chain that owns a Colorado cinema where 12 people were killed in a 2012 shooting spree will not pursue $700,000 in legal costs the company incurred fighting an unsuccessful lawsuit, court records showed on Tuesday.
Spat over which U.S. airlines fly government workers intensifies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A spat among airlines over which deserved the contract to fly U.S. government workers on certain routes intensified on Tuesday, with the chief executive of JetBlue Airways Corp calling rivals hypocritical for protesting its award…
Supreme Court leaves Ohio voting restrictions in place
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to reinstate for the Nov. 8 general election Ohio’s “Golden Week”, which had allowed voters to register and cast ballots within the same seven-day period before it was repealed by a Republican…
California to end breeding of captive killer whales
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California will no longer allow the breeding of captive killer whales such as those used in SeaWorld’s famous “Shamu” shows under a measure signed on Tuesday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.
Prosecutors claim conspiracy by Oregon militants in standoff
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Anti-government militants who invaded a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon conspired to intimidate government workers and steal property in a heavily armed protest that is not protected by the U.S. Constitution, prosecutors sa…
Two suspects arrested in 1973 murders of California girls
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two cousins linked through DNA testing to the 1973 murders of two girls in a small northern California town were arrested on Tuesday, more than four decades after the crime, authorities said.
U.S. Hurricane Center says 70 percent chance of cyclone developing near Florida
(Reuters) – An area of low pressure located just inland near St. Augustine, Florida, has a 70 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday.
Protesters slam North Dakota pipeline but company ‘committed’
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Holding signs and banners and chanting “Oil Kills,” protesters in Atlanta and other U.S. cities on Tuesday shouted support for Native American activists trying to stop construction of a North Dakota pipeline they say will desecrate …
Man pleads guilty in 2014 Missouri highway shootings
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – A man who put residents of Kansas City, Missouri, on edge for weeks in 2014 by shooting at cars on area highways pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 20 felony charges and will serve 30 years in prison, officials said.
