Colorado girl charged with plotting to kill high school classmates
DENVER (Reuters) – One of two 16-year-old girls accused of plotting to kill classmates and staff at their Colorado high school last month was formally charged as an adult on Tuesday with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, prosecutors said.
Judge limits lawsuit claiming rape at New York’s Rikers Island jail
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two female inmates at New York’s Rikers Island jail who claimed they were raped repeatedly by a guard cannot sue on behalf of other inmates, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday.
Thousands of vacant buildings to be torn down in Baltimore
(Reuters) – Thousands of abandoned buildings will be demolished in Baltimore, starting in the neighborhood where black detainee Freddie Gray was fatally hurt in police custody, officials said on Tuesday.
El Niño-strengthened storm brings rain, floods to California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An El Niño-strengthened storm brought widespread rain to drought-stricken California on Tuesday, triggering flooding that clogged roadways, and authorities warned residents about possible mud slides.
Obama, wiping tears, makes new push to tighten gun rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wiping back tears as he remembered children killed in a mass shooting, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered stricter gun rules that he can impose without Congress and urged American voters to reject pro-gun candidates.
Public asked to help close 18-minute gap in San Bernardino probe
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) – Federal and local law enforcement officials on Tuesday asked for the public’s help in piecing together the movements of a married couple in the hours after they killed 14 people at a county office building in San Bern…
Lockheed, U.S. to argue stop-work bid on Army trucks on January 20
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Court of Federal Claims will hear arguments on Jan. 20 in Lockheed Martin Corp’s motion to halt Oshkosh Corp’s work on 17,000 armored Humvee truck replacements for the U.S. Army while Lockheed challenges the $6.75 billio…
NY governor’s homeless order does little in New York City on first night
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s order to move all homeless people off of the streets during frigid nights had scant impact in New York City on its first day on Tuesday other than fuel an ongoing political battle with Mayor Bill de…
Settlement reached in Seattle artist’s ‘Angry Birds’ lawsuit
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Seattle artist has settled her intellectual property lawsuit against pet products maker Hartz Mountain Corp in which she claimed she was cheated out of millions of dollars from the sale of “Angry Birds” pet toys she designed, her …
U.S. judge limits lawsuit claiming rape at N.Y.’s Rikers Island jail
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two female inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island jail who claimed they were raped repeatedly by a guard cannot sue on behalf of other inmates, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday.
