Ex-Connecticut police dispatcher pleads guilty to drug distribution
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A former Connecticut police department civilian dispatcher faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to participating in a ring that distributed anabolic steroids, cocaine and prescription drugs, federal prosecutor…
Power line opponents give renewables their Keystone moment
(Reuters) – Dave Ulery was set to build his “forever home” on his family’s 26-acre property near the Ozark mountain foothills in Arkansas when a knock on the door heralded trouble.
Oklahoma cracks down more on disposal wells after Cushing quakes
CUSHING, Okla./HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oklahoma regulators are cracking down harder on saltwater disposal wells near the vitally important Cushing crude storage hub, where a rash of quakes have stoked concerns its tanks and pipelines may not be designed to…
Man stabs, slashes two Detroit emergency medical technicians
DETROIT (Reuters) – A man stabbed and slashed two emergency medical technicians across the face with a box cutter when they responded to an emergency call early on Tuesday near downtown Detroit, a city spokesman said.
Police probe family deaths in Phoenix lake as murder-suicide
(Reuters) – Authorities are investigating the deaths of three young children and their parents as a murder-suicide, after police said the father drove the family sport-utility vehicle into a lake in a suburb of Phoenix.
Philippines to deport U.S. Marine facing murder trial after sentence
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine Immigration Bureau has ordered the deportation a U.S. Marine once his trial and possible sentence for the murder of a transgender Filipino woman a year ago are over, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Cattle rustling U.S.A., where ‘Rawhide’ meets ‘Breaking Bad’
SEMINOLE, Okla. (Reuters) – Cattle rustling, a crime associated with the Wild West, is on the rebound in the heart of the U.S. cattle industry, driven largely by ranch hands stealing livestock to get money to feed their drug habits.
Obama, budding astronomers look at moon, dream of Mars at White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama got a guided tour of the moon on Monday, peering at its craters through a large reflective telescope set up on the South Lawn of the White House to promote science and technology careers at “Astronomy Night…
Two California men plead not guilty to financial fraud in Islamic State case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two Southern California men accused of conspiring to travel to the Middle East to join the Islamic State pleaded not guilty on Monday to financial fraud charges connected with their alleged attempts to support the militant group…
Tests show no contamination from fire at Nevada waste site
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Air quality testing following an industrial fire at a disposal site for hazardous and low-level radioactive waste in Nevada has found no contamination in the area, leading authorities on Monday to reopen a highway closed by the mi…
