Trial starts for oil truck operator in North Dakota murder-for-hire case
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The trial of an oil truck operator charged with orchestrating the killings of two business rivals competing for work in North Dakota’s Bakken oil patch was set to begin on Monday in Washington state.
Former NFL quarterback Vince Young arrested for DWI in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former NFL quarterback and University of Texas football star Vince Young has been arrested in Austin on a charge of driving while intoxicated, police said on Monday.
Former Wayne County prosecutor to lead probe of Flint water crisis
(Reuters) – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette on Monday named a special prosecutor and investigator to look into possible crimes in the city of Flint’s water crisis.
U.S. top court declines to revive North Dakota abortion limits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected North Dakota’s bid to revive a restrictive Republican-backed law struck down by a lower court that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks a…
Chinese suspect in Los Angeles murders says wants to return to U.S.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Chinese national sought by the United States on suspicion of murdering two nephews in Los Angeles told a Hong Kong court on Monday that he would surrender to U.S. authorities.
Boeing completes first refueling flight of KC-46A tanker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing Co and air crews from the U.S. Air Force completed the first refueling flight of the KC-46A Pegasus aerial tanker on Sunday, transferring 1,600 pounds (725.75 kg) of fuel to an F-16 fighter jet flying at 20,000 feet (6096 …
Turbulence diverts Milan-bound U.S. flight to Newfoundland
TORONTO (Reuters) – An American Airlines passenger jet was diverted to an airport in eastern Canada on Sunday after hitting severe turbulence and seven people were taken to hospital, the airline said.
New York rebounds after blizzard, Washington shuts down government
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York City emerged on Sunday from a massive blizzard that paralyzed much of the U.S. East Coast, while snowy gridlock gripped the nation’s capital and surrounding areas, where federal, state and local offices and scho…
Manhunt underway for prisoners who escaped from California jail
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Authorities pressed on through the third day of an intense Southern California manhunt on Sunday for an accused killer and two other inmates charged with violent felonies who broke out of an Orange County jail through a plumbing…
Hong Kong police arrest Chinese suspect in L.A. double murder
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police said on Sunday they had arrested a Chinese national sought by U.S. authorities on suspicion of murdering two people and attempting to murder a third person in Los Angeles.
