U.S. says to release data of casualties from counter-terror strikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday that in coming weeks it will publicly release an assessment of combatant and non-combatant casualties from U.S. counter-terrorism strikes in areas outside active war zones since 2009.
Naked woman dances on big rig’s cab, closes part of Houston road
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A woman who stripped after crashing her car and danced naked on top of the cab of a big rig that was stopped behind her caused part of a Houston-area highway to be closed on Monday, police said.
Lawsuit over Flint water crisis says 17 children have high lead levels
(Reuters) – A group of Flint, Michigan, parents and their children filed a class action on Monday alleging that gross negligence by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and others caused the city’s drinking water to become contaminated with lead.
Cornell’s first female president dies eight months after starting job
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Elizabeth Garrett, who in July became the first woman to serve as Cornell University’s president, has died a month after learning she had colon cancer, the Ivy League school said on Monday.
Court blocks immediate FCC rate cut for U.S. prisoner telephone calls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday put on hold an order by the Federal Communications Commission cutting U.S. prison telephone rates for local and long-distance calls to 11 cents a minute, from levels as high as $14 a minute, for …
Oklahoma man sentenced for sexually abusing children in Kenya
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A former missionary from Oklahoma was sentenced in U.S. federal court on Monday to 40 years in prison for molesting children at a Kenyan orphanage.
Chesapeake’s McClendon honored by thousands in Oklahoma ceremony
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Friends, family and employees of Aubrey McClendon paid their respects on Monday to the U.S. energy entrepreneur, a hometown hero who died last week in a car crash after his indictment on bid-rigging charges.
Connecticut teen enters plea deal in girl’s murder on prom day
(Reuters) – A Connecticut teen pleaded “no contest” to murder on Monday in the stabbing death of a female classmate in a school hallway hours before their 2014 junior prom.
Supreme court reverses Louisiana death row inmate’s conviction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a Louisiana death row inmate’s 2002 murder conviction in the beating death of a 16-year-old pizza delivery boy, saying prosecutors withheld evidence that could have buttressed his claim …
Wife of former Eagles bassist Meisner dead from accidental gunshot
(Reuters) – The wife of former Eagles rock band bassist Randy Meisner was killed on Sunday evening when a gun she was removing from a case went off accidentally at their Los Angeles home after a domestic violence call earlier in the day, city police sa…
