Fate of Florida death row inmates in limbo after U.S. Supreme Court ruling
TAMPA, Fla. – The fate of the 390 inmates on Florida’s death row was uncertain after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the state’s capital punishment sentencing process.
New Jersey, Florida, were hotbeds of foreclosures in 2015: report
(Reuters) – New Jersey and Florida were poster children for U.S. home foreclosures last year, with both states and several of their metropolitan areas topping the list in 2015, according to RealtyTrac data released on Thursday.
California lottery says it has a Powerball winner
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The California Lottery said on its Twitter feed that it has a winner for the $1.5 billion lottery held on Wednesday, with the winning ticket being sold in Chino Hills.
Ohio man who recorded aftermath of fatal crash gets 30 days in jail
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man who leaned into a wrecked car and took a video of two seriously injured teenagers after a crash without making an effort to aid them was sentenced by a judge on Wednesday to 30 days in jail, media reported.
Winning numbers selected in U.S. Powerball lottery drawing
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The winning numbers selected in Wednesday’s U.S. Powerball lottery drawing were 08 27 34 04 19 and the Powerball number 10, lottery officials said.
Man held on U.S. terror charges targeted Texas malls: newspaper
(Reuters) – A Palestinian born in Iraq who entered the United States as a refugee was an Islamic State sympathizer planning to set off bombs at two Houston malls, a federal investigator was quoted as telling a U.S. court on Wednesday.
U.S. Supreme Court gives boost to child slave labor case against Nestle
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to hold Nestle, the world’s largest food maker, accountable for using child slaves to harvest cocoa in Africa looks set to be a landmark battle over lab…
U.S. Coast Guard moves forward on new icebreakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday released a proposed acquisition timeline and requirements for two new heavy U.S. icebreakers that could cost $1 billion each and said it would meet with interested companies during an industry da…
Monument planned for suspected site of Salem witch hangings
SALEM, Mass. (Reuters) – The city of Salem, Massachusetts, plans to erect a monument near the site where historians have recently determined that 19 suspected witches were hung more than 300 years, commemorating an event that has come to define the cit…
FBI says probing Philadelphia police shooting as terrorist attack
(Reuters) – The FBI is investigating the recent shooting of a Philadelphia police officer as a terrorist attack, FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday, a Pennsylvania newspaper reported.
