Conviction of former New England prep school student appropriate: prosecutors
(Reuters) – Prosecutors in New Hampshire argued in a legal filing on Thursday that a prep school graduate was appropriately convicted for using a computer to “lure” a minor for sex, which could force him to register as a sex offender for life.
UCLA investigating reports of blackface at fraternity party
(Reuters) – The University of California Los Angeles said on Thursday it was investigating reports of a racially offensive Kanye West-themed fraternity party, where some attendees allegedly wore blackface.
Oklahoma used wrong drug in January execution: local newspaper
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma, which last week put on hold planned executions due to a mix-up with lethal injection drugs, used a drug not included in its official protocol in a convicted murderer’s January execution, the Oklahoman newspaper repor…
Some areas in flooded South Carolina facing second deluge
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina’s governor warned on Thursday that several coastal areas were about to be hit by a second round of major flooding, while residents inland hauled soaked furniture and appliances from homes left in ruins by unpre…
Captain of ill-fated ship El Faro was known as trusted mariner
PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) – The captain of the ill-fated cargo ship that sank in a hurricane off the Bahamas with no survivors last week was an experienced and highly trusted mariner who had spent a lifetime on the water, friends and colleagues said.
Connecticut top court rejects bid to reconsider death penalty ban
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request by state prosecutors to reconsider its landmark decision in August that eliminated capital punishment in the state and spared the lives of nearly a dozen death-row …
Louisiana chef Prudhomme, who helped popularize Cajun food, dies at 75
(Reuters) – Celebrated Louisiana chef Paul Prudhomme, who helped popularize Cajun and Creole cuisine like jambalaya, blackened redfish and gumbo in the United States and worldwide, has died at age 75, a representative from his New Orleans restaurant sa…
France train attack hero Stone stabbed in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – U.S. Air Force airman Spencer Stone, one of the three Americans who thwarted an August train attack in France, was stabbed several times during a fight outside a Sacramento bar early on Thursday and was hospitalized in se…
New York City to offer low-cost healthcare to uninsured immigrants
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York will become one of the first major U.S. cities to expand low-cost healthcare to uninsured immigrants regardless of their legal status under a pilot program to launch next spring, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday.
FBI says it disrupted activities of dozens of potential IS recruits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI counterterrorism agents followed dozens of potential militants around the United States full time over the summer and disrupted activities pursued by many of them, FBI Director James Comey told a congressional committee on Th…
