‘Freeway Killer’ accomplice dies after attack in California prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A California inmate serving two life terms as an accomplice of so-called “Freeway Killer” William Bonin has died after an attack by another prisoner, corrections officials said Thursday.
Tornado warning prompts evacuation of Kansas City airport
(Reuters) – The Kansas City International Airport was evacuated briefly on Thursday over a tornado warning, airport officials said, a day after tornadoes destroyed or damaged nearly 30 homes in neighboring Kansas.
Mother of Texas ‘affluenza’ teen indicted for money laundering
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – The mother of a Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense after killing four people in a 2013 drunken-driving crash was formally charged with money laundering on Thursday, related to her helping him flee to Mexico las…
Pittsburgh man gets life term for killings of Iowa lawmaker’s sisters
(Reuters) – A Pittsburgh man was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison in the killing of two of his neighbors, the sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker, after the jury deadlocked over whether to give him the death penalty, prosecutors said.
Fire prompts New York City to check properties under rail tracks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City will conduct regular safety checks of its properties under elevated rail tracks after a fire disrupted commuter rail service at Grand Central Terminal for days last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday.
Two U.S. Navy jets collide off North Carolina, crew safe: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. Navy warplanes collided off the North Carolina coast on Thursday and crashed in the Atlantic, where the four crew were rescued by a commercial fishing boat and flown by helicopter to a Virginia hospital, the Coast Guard …
Mississippi governor to join suit against Obama transgender policy
(Reuters) – Mississippi’s Republican governor said on Thursday he planned to join a lawsuit by officials from 11 states to overturn an Obama administration directive that tells schools to let transgender students use bathrooms matching their gender ide…
Connecticut’s top court upholds ban on death penalty in state
(Reuters) – Connecticut’s top court on Thursday upheld its ban on executions in the state in a decision that will spare the lives of 11 death row inmates.
Oops! Senator’s article tells of phantom meeting with Obama nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch wrote in an opinion piece published on Thursday that his meeting with Merrick Garland failed to change his view that the Senate should not act on President Barack Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nom…
McDonald’s CEO says $15 hourly wage, robots won’t kill jobs
OAK BROOK, Ill./LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. restaurant operators would probably not replace workers with robots if they had to pay the $15 hourly wage demanded by protesters, McDonald’s Corp Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook told shareholders …
