Seven charged in home invasion murder of U.S. lottery winner
(Reuters) – Seven people have been charged in the murder of a 20-year-old forklift operator who was killed in his home two months after winning nearly a half million dollars in a Georgia state lottery, police and media reports said.
Illinois inn fined for refusing to host gay civil union ceremony
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois inn that refused to allow a same-sex couple hold their civil union ceremony on the property was fined more than $80,000 by the Illinois Human Rights Commission on Tuesday.
Capitol Police find no threat in suspicious packages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police briefly shut down two Washington, DC streets and an entrance to the United States Congress visitor’s center on Tuesday while they investigated two suspicious packages left near the U.S. Capitol and determined they were not…
Kosovo man wanted by FBI may face extradition after accord with U.S
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo signed an extradition agreement with Washington on Tuesday, clearing the way for a man suspected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of being an Islamist militant to be sent to the United States.
Virginia governor vetoes bill cutting Planned Parenthood funding
(Reuters) – Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday vetoed a Republican-backed bill aimed at blocking state funding for Planned Parenthood, which performs abortions and provides other health services.
Former Boston mob boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s possessions to be auctioned
BOSTON (Reuters) – Ex-Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger’s possessions, including a replica Stanley Cup professional hockey championship ring, will be auctioned off, with funds used to compensate his victims’ families, according to a court filing.
Washington’s MedStar computers down for second day after virus
(Reuters) – MedStar Health’s computer systems remained offline on Tuesday for the second straight day after the non-profit, one of the biggest medical service providers in the U.S. capital region, shut down parts of its network to stem the spread of a …
Facing losses and grain glut, U.S. farmers to plant more corn
MANHATTAN, Ill. (Reuters) – Three years into a grain market slump, U.S. farmers are set to plant more corn, taking a calculated gamble that higher sales will help them make up for falling prices without triggering even more declines.
Obama says journalists partly to blame for tone of presidential race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday laid some of the blame for the tone of the presidential campaign on political journalism that has been pinched by shrinking newsroom budgets and cheapened by a focus on retweets and likes on socia…
Crude oil spilled into Louisiana waterway: U.S. Coast Guard
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said early on Tuesday an unknown amount of crude oil had spilled from a tank into a Louisiana waterway and the source of the leak had been secured.
