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.
Loss of ‘March Madness’ games could hurt North Carolina governor’s re-election bid
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory has weathered negative headlines as jobs, conventions and musical performances were canceled in his state this year to protest a law deemed discriminatory against lesbian, gay, bisexua…
SEC, city of Miami lay out final arguments in bond case
MIAMI (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the city of Miami squared off in Florida federal court on Tuesday, with the regulator accusing city officials of playing a financial shell game to cut costs on a $150 million municipal b…
Pardon for former NSA contractor Snowden seen unlikely
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government will not budge on its demand that former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden return to face prosecution for stealing thousands of classified intelligence documents, despite new calls for Preside…
U.S. probe blames Delta pilot for 2015 New York runway accident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday faulted a Delta Air Lines pilot for a March 2015 incident in which a Boeing MD-88 veered off the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, resulting in minor injuries to 29 p…
Texas woman sues for grease burns after Church’s Chicken floor collapse
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas woman has sued the company that runs Church’s Chicken and three others for $50 million, saying the kitchen floor of the restaurant where she worked collapsed, causing fried chicken grease to spill and burn her body as …
Appeals court skeptical of New Hampshire’s ballot-selfie ban
BOSTON (Reuters) – Three federal appeals court judges showed skepticism on Tuesday on how a 2014 New Hampshire law banning voters from taking selfies with their ballots on election day does not violate the U.S. right to free speech.
