Boston mobster Bulger’s girlfriend to plead guilty to contempt charge
BOSTON (Reuters) – The longtime girlfriend of former Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to contempt of court charges for refusing to testify whether anyone helped the couple during their 16 years on the run.
U.S. northern Midwest sees blizzards, tornadoes hit South
(Reuters) – A major storm system brought a mix of bad weather on Tuesday to much of the central United States, with a band of tornadoes downing trees in Alabama and Mississippi and heavy snow blanketing the northern Midwest.
DNA traces found of U.S. Marines killed in helicopter crash off Hawaii
(Reuters) – Trace elements of DNA have been discovered from U.S. Marines who died when two helicopters crashed off the coast of Hawaii last month, the Marine Corps said on Tuesday, although no bodies have been found.
Georgia executes oldest death row inmate for 1979 murder
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A 72-year-old man convicted of murdering a convenience store manager in a 1979 robbery in Atlanta’s suburbs was executed in Georgia early on Wednesday, corrections officials said.
Plug for California gas well leak draws closer in fits and starts
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A calamitous natural gas leak near Los Angeles is inching closer to finally being plugged after months of trial and error with different techniques aimed at sealing a foul-smelling hole that has forced thousands of residents from th…
Georgia executes its oldest death row inmate for 1979 murder
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The oldest inmate on Georgia’s death row, a 72-year-old man convicted of murdering a convenience store manager in a 1979 robbery, was executed early on Wednesday, a state prison official said.
Some University of Southern California faculty vote to unionize
(Reuters) – About 100 part-time and contract faculty at the University of Southern California voted to become the latest non-tenured U.S. professors to unionize, amid complaints of low pay and poor job security, but 300 others did not, a union said on …
U.S. exonerations hit record high as more troubled cases probed
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Criminal exonerations hit a record high in 2015 due largely to district attorneys in places such as Houston, Dallas and Brooklyn, New York, setting up units to review cases where the legal system may have acted unjustly, a rep…
U.S. defense budget focuses on changing security environment: Carter
WASHINGTON/NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE, Calif. (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday the Pentagon would seek a $582.7 billion defense budget next year and reshape spending priorities to reflect a new strategic environme…
FBI joins probe of Flint, Michigan’s lead contaminated water
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday it was joining a criminal investigation of lead-contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan, exploring whether laws were broken in a crisis that has captured international at…
