Spellers from Texas, N.Y. state battle to tie in U.S. Spelling Bee
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (Reuters) – Nihar Janga, a fifth-grader from Austin, Texas, and Jairam Hathwar, a seventh-grader from Painted Post, New York, were named co-champions of the U.S. Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday after battling 25 rounds he…
California mayors ask for governor’s support for highway cameras after shootings
(Reuters) – Five mayors in northern California on Thursday asked Governor Jerry Brown in a letter to have surveillance cameras installed on state highways in the area after a string of shootings that have gripped their communities.
Two Washington state church fires being investigated as arson: sheriff
(Reuters) – Authorities in southwest Washington were investigating on Thursday fires at two churches they believe were deliberately lit over the past two days and put places of worship in the area on high alert, police said.
Rapper arrested in shooting at NY City concert that killed one
(Reuters) – Police on Thursday arrested a rapper in connection with a shooting that left one man dead and three other people wounded shortly before a concert by rapper T.I. in Manhattan.
Two deputies plead not guilty in videotaped San Francisco beating
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two San Francisco-area sheriff’s deputies pleaded not guilty on Thursday to felony assault charges stemming from the brutal beating of a suspect last year that was captured on video.
New Hampshire man changes plea to guilty in teen’s kidnapping
(Reuters) – A man pleaded guilty on Thursday to kidnapping a 14-year-old girl in a New Hampshire town and repeatedly raping her over a nine-month period of captivity during which local residents carried out a frantic search.
Airport screening made 70,000 miss American Airlines flights this year
(Reuters) – More than 70,000 American Airlines customers have missed their flights this year and 40,000 checked bags failed to be loaded on scheduled flights because of airport screening delays, an executive for the airline told a U.S. congressional p…
Ohio appeals U.S. court decision in favor of early voting
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The state of Ohio filed a federal court appeal on Thursday seeking to restore a Republican-backed limit on early voting and accelerated voter-registration measures that were seen by civil rights groups as boosting minority turnout…
Secret Service punishes 41 over leak of lawmaker’s data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Forty-one U.S. Secret Service employees have been disciplined over a media leak of the personal files of a congressman who had criticized the agency’s security lapses, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.
About two dozen spelunkers escape flooded Kentucky cave
LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) – Nearly two dozen spelunkers safely made their way out of a Kentucky cave where they had been trapped on Thursday due to flooding, police said.
