Norwegian Air CEO says $69 flights from U.S. to Europe around the corner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA hopes to sell one-way tickets to Europe for $69 as early as 2017 by flying from U.S. airports that have low fees, Chief Executive Officer Bjørn Kjos said in an interview Tuesday.
Arizona university asks football fans to shun blackface
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona State University officials have asked football fans to refrain from painting their faces black for a so-called blackout home game this weekend after several fans last year caused an uproar by attending the event in minstrel-…
Search for ship lost in hurricane a ‘big challenge’: U.S. investigator
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) – Deep seas may complicate efforts to find the sunken U.S. cargo ship lost off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin, a federal safety investigator said, as a search and rescue mission for 32 missing crew stretched into a si…
New York judge overturns conviction in 1990 murder of tourist
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state Supreme Court judge on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who served 25 years in prison for his involvement in the murder of a 22-year-old tourist during a mugging on a New York City subway platform decades…
Minnesota man accused of chasing deer with boat until it drowned
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A Minnesota man accused of chasing a deer swimming in a lake with his boat until it drowned was charged on Tuesday with animal cruelty and using a motor vehicle to chase wild animals in a hunt, authorities said.
United Airlines says flight diverted because of ill crew member
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A United Airlines flight from Houston to San Francisco was rerouted to Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday when a crew member became ill, the airline said.
Connecticut man to serve year in prison for ‘swatting’ hoax calls
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Reuters) – A 22-year-old Connecticut man was sentenced on Tuesday to a year and a day in prison for at least six “swatting” hoax calls to U.S. high schools and colleges last year threatening that bombers or gunmen were about to target…
U.S. to release 6,000 federal prisoners – Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is set to release about 6,000 prisoners early in the largest one-time release of federal inmates, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Texas teen who said he was 12 gets 20 years for preying on students
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas man who at age 17 posed as a 12-year-old boy to attend a Fort Worth-area elementary school last year to prey on children for illicit purposes was sentenced to 20 years in prison, court officials said on Tuesday.
California governor signs gender wage-gap bill
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation on Tuesday aimed at closing the wage gap between men and women, a law that supporters say is among the strongest in the country.
