Mexican man pleads guilty to rape, murder in Ohio rampage
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A Mexican national living illegally in the United States has pleaded guilty to murdering and raping a woman during a July crime spree in order to avoid a possible death sentence, Ohio prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Doggie treat: NYC restaurants to allow canines at outdoor tables
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City dogs will find it even easier to beg for scraps under new rules that allow them to sit with their owners at restaurants’ outdoor tables.
Study finds U.S. visa security weaknesses, system slow to modernize
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. immigration authorities’ lack of progress in automating their systems is compromising U.S. border security, making it more difficult to process people seeking to get into the country, a report said on Tuesday.
Three police officers shot in Chicago, suspect dead
(Reuters) – Three police officers are expected to survive gunshot wounds suffered in the chase of a suspect shot dead on Monday on Chicago’s West side, the police department said.
Flooding to cause closure of Interstate 10 along Texas-Louisiana border
(Reuters) – A major east-west U.S. highway, Interstate 10, will close at 9 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday in a section along the Louisiana-Texas border due to flooding that has hit the region, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development sa…
Ferguson set to decide on U.S. government’s police reform plan
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – The Ferguson, Missouri city council may approve an agreement on Tuesday that it reached with the U.S. Justice Department to reform the city’s police department following the 2014 shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
Repeat champ leads pack as Alaska’s Iditarod dog sled race enters home stretch
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – One musher in Alaska’s grueling sled-dog race appears to stand between Dallas Seavey’s third consecutive Iditarod title and a painful second place finish – his father, Mitch.
Two former Flint officials blame state and feds for water crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The former mayor and former emergency manager of Flint both blamed the dangerously high lead levels in the city’s water on state and federal officials, according to testimony released on Monday that is to be delivered at a hearin…
Airfares, convenience emerge as fault line in Cuba flight applications
(Reuters) – U.S. airlines hoping to get a few of the limited number of flights to Cuba filed regulatory papers on Monday in response to rivals’ applications laying out their best arguments for consumer travel to the Caribbean island.
Family of black man slain in NY suburb reaches $6 million settlement
(Reuters) – The family of a black university student who was shot to death by police in a suburb north of New York City have reached a $6 million settlement with the town where he was shot and the officer, the family’s attorney said on Monday.
