Texas court halts execution of inmate after questions raised on testimony
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday halted the planned execution next month of a death row inmate whose lawyers argued he was sentenced to death based on tainted testimony from major witnesses.
Georgia indicts Confederate flag backers under state terrorism law
(Reuters) – More than a dozen supporters of the Confederate flag who clashed with a group of black people attending a child’s birthday party in Georgia have been indicted on state charges of making “terroristic threats,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitutio…
Jeb Bush to lay out healthcare plan in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Tuesday will lay out proposals to repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare law and replace it with a system that provides a tax credit for the purchase of health plans and shi…
Baby giraffe dies during VIP event at California zoo: paper
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A baby giraffe whose birth at a central California zoo was heralded in the region died on Sunday during a special VIP opening of a new exhibit housing animals native to Africa, the Fresno Bee newspaper reported.
One killed, six injured when truck hits building in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – One pedestrian was killed and six injured on Monday when a truck veered onto a sidewalk and then slammed into scaffolding outside a building in New York City, the city fire department said.
Texas probes use of Taser on councilman in city where Sandra Bland died
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas district attorney said on Monday his office was investigating the use of a Taser on a city councilman in Prairie View, the city where a black woman died in custody in a case that raised questions about racial bias in p…
Wildfires burn homes, prompt evacuations in Wyoming, Idaho
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Hundreds of Wyoming residents were forced to flee a wind-driven wildfire that destroyed at least 10 homes even as a separate blaze in neighboring Idaho burned several cabins to the ground and prompted dozens to evacuate, fire …
UAW locals compact Fiat Chrysler voting to two days
DETROIT (Reuters) – All 40,000 union members at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles U.S. will vote on a proposed new contract on Oct. 20 and 21, rather than stretch the balloting over more than a week as was done in the recent failed vote, the United Auto Worker…
Georgia man charged in son’s hot-car death wrote of needing escape
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia man charged with killing his 22-month-old son sent an online message saying: “I love my son and all but we both need escapes,” just hours before his child was found dead in the back seat of a hot car, according to court te…
California Treasurer calls for private equity fee disclosure
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California’s state treasurer, John Chiang, on Monday called for state legislation requiring private equity firms to disclose all fees charged to California public pension funds.
