Four killed in Mississippi plane crash soon after takeoff
(Reuters) – Four people died when a small private plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Tupelo Regional Airport in northeastern Mississippi on Monday, officials said.
Zimmerman to try again to sell gun used to kill teenager Martin
(Reuters) – George Zimmerman, the Florida man who shot and killed the unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012, will try again this week to sell the handgun he had used in the incident, after an earlier online auction was hijacked by fake buyers.
U.S. justices reject challenge to protest ban on Supreme Court plaza
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a law that hits the justices close to home: a ban on protests on the marble plaza in front of the courthouse where they hear cases and issue rulings.
U.S. top court rejects Philip Morris appeal of judgment in smoker’s death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Philip Morris USA’s challenge to a $25 million Oregon jury verdict in favor of a man whose wife died of a lung cancer-related brain tumor after smoking the company’s low-tar cigar…
Suspect in gang-related murder of nine-year-old Chicago boy arrested
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A man wanted in connection with what authorities say was a gang-related retaliation killing of a 9-year-old Chicago boy was in jail in eastern Illinois on unrelated charges on Monday and authorities were discussing returning him to …
U.S. investigators probing Texas bus crash that killed eight
(Reuters) – U.S. investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) were dispatched to Texas on Sunday to investigate a charter bus crash that killed eight people and injured 44 on Saturday, the NTSB said.
Dozens arrested in Washington state environmental protest
(Reuters) – Dozens of people were arrested in Washington state on Sunday, two days after protesters set up a blockade on railroad tracks leading to a pair of oil refineries as part of a global protest over dependence on fossil fuels, authorities said.
Coast Guard calls off search for passenger missing from cruise ship off Texas
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said on Sunday it had called off its search for a woman believed to have fallen overboard from the Carnival Liberty cruise ship off the coast of Galveston, Texas, two days earlier.
Philadelphia congressman, associates face corruption trial
(Reuters) – The federal corruption trial of U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania is to begin on Monday with opening statements, three weeks after he lost the Democratic primary election for his seat in the Philadelphia area.
‘McDonald’s Diet’ brand ambassador dropped from schools: company
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The former Iowa science teacher and McDonald’s Corp “brand ambassador,” who preached the virtues of walking and near-daily french fries in presentations to youth, is no longer visiting U.S. schools, the fast-food chain said on F…
