Maine man to plead guilty to murdering stranger in grocery store: lawyer
PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) – A Maine resident accused of fatally stabbing a stranger in the ice cream aisle of a grocery store will plead guilty on Thursday to murder, his attorney said.
Good feelings toward Catholic Church up in U.S. since pope’s visit: poll
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Positive feelings toward the Roman Catholic Church have gone up in the United States since Pope Francis’s first visit to the country, according to a Pew Research Center survey released on Wednesday.
Baltimore mayor likens police-community relations to struggling marriage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The relationship between U.S. police and the communities they serve is like a struggling marriage in need of better communication, the mayor of Baltimore, a city rocked by anti-police rioting, said on Wednesday.
MIT to offer first free online for-credit classes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday unveiled a new program that will allow students for the first time to earn credit at the elite school for classes taken through its online MITx program.
Pennsylvania city must pay $1.4 million legal fees in immigration fight
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The mayor of Hazleton, Pennsylvania on Wednesday said the city will seek a ten-year payment plan after being ordered by a court to pay $1.4 million to lawyers who sued the city over a 2006 ordinance targeting illegal immigra…
New York’s MTA must run ‘Muslim’ movie posters in subways: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday ordered New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority to let filmmakers run a series of lighthearted advertisements promoting their film “The Muslims Are Coming!” in the subway.
Ohio sues Toledo over marijuana decriminalization ordinance
(This October 6 story has been corrected in third paragraph to say Toledo is in northwestern Ohio)
Supreme Court tackles ‘Wichita Massacre’ death penalty case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hearing a death penalty case for the first time since their divisive lethal-injection ruling in June, the nine justices of U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared poised to rule against two brothers challenging their sentences f…
California governor signs renewable electricity bill
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed into law a bill requiring the state to produce half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, the most aggressive target in the country.
U.S. investigators begin probe into freighter’s sinking
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) – Safety officials began their investigation on Tuesday into the sinking of a U.S. cargo ship off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin, with deep seas likely to hamper attempts to find the ship and 32 missing crew members.
