Repaired SpaceX rocket to fly by early December, company says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, expects to return a repaired and upgraded Falcon 9 rocket to flight around the start of December, a company vice president said, less than six months after one exploded shortly after lift…
Two firefighters killed, two hurt in Kansas City apartment blaze
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – Two firefighters were killed and two others injured when the second floor and wall of a burning apartment building collapsed in Kansas City, Missouri, authorities said on Tuesday.
Wisconsin mother leaves bawling child in SUV to go gamble: police
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Wisconsin mother was arrested after leaving her bawling toddler locked in her vehicle while she went into a casino to gamble, police said on Tuesday.
Police make arrest in abduction of Oklahoma girl nearly 20 years ago
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma police using DNA evidence arrested a man in a child abduction case from nearly two decades ago that saturated local news coverage and led to a national manhunt for the girl and her assailant.
Chesapeake crabbers face changing workforce, murky future
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Morgan Tolley is a third generation crab processor working on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, but he’s worried that his industry may be under threat as more and more young people shun the traditional family-oriented trade.
Former Chicago schools CEO expected to plead guilty to corruption charges
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A former Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer is expected to plead guilty in federal court on Tuesday to accepting bribes.
Mom of children allegedly slain by New York nanny is pregnant
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York mother of two children stabbed to death in a 2012 killing that led to murder charges against their nanny is pregnant again – with a baby boy due in January, the family announced on Facebook.
Washington state man who moved a river ordered to pay restitution
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state court has ordered a man who redirected a river to pay restitution of $50 a month into an environmental fund, the state’s top lawyer said on Monday.
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…
