Death toll from Oklahoma prison fight rises to four
(Reuters) – A fourth inmate has died and three others remained hospitalized on Sunday, a day after a fight broke out at a privately-owned prison in Oklahoma, prison and state officials said.
America’s city rankings set for Texas-sized shake up; Houston to edge past Chicago
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Hidden in the haze of the petrochemical plants and beyond the seemingly endless traffic jams, a Texas city has grown so large that it is poised to pass Chicago as the third biggest in the United States in the next decade.
Two sides resume talks in Seattle teachers’ strike
(Reuters) – The Seattle public school district and a teachers’ union resumed talks on Saturday, three days after instructors went on strike and delayed the start of fall classes for 53,000 students, officials said.
NY woman in kayak death told police she wanted fiance dead: video
(Reuters) – A woman accused of murdering her fiance by pulling the plug on his kayak in the Hudson River in New York told a detective she wanted him dead, according to a video clip of her interrogation to be aired by the CBS program “48 Hours” Saturday…
Missouri mother jailed after children, 4 and 6, found in cave crate
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) – A Missouri woman faces charges of endangering the welfare of her two children, ages 4 and 6, after they were found in a cave, apparently living in a crate among disassembled vehicles, in a suspected illegal “chop shop.”
Person of interest in Arizona shootings not ‘prime suspect’
(Reuters) – A 19-year-old Arizona man who was questioned as a person of interest in the Phoenix area’s spate of highway shootings is not the prime suspect and the investigation continues, authorities said on Saturday.
Sierra wildfire destroys homes, threatens 6,000 California residences
(Reuters) – A relatively small but fast-moving wildfire in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains grew overnight, destroying homes and threatening about 6,000 residences, fire officials said on Saturday.
Ex-tennis star Blake says New York cop should be fired for abuse
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former professional tennis player James Blake said on Saturday that an undercover policeman who body-slammed him outside a Manhattan hotel in a case of mistaken identity did not deserve to wear an officer’s badge, and he told CNN h…
Kentucky clerk asks for delay in allowing gay marriage licenses
MOREHEAD, Ky. (Reuters) – The county clerk from Kentucky who was jailed after refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples has asked an appeals court to let her continue her stand until a lawsuit against her is decided.
U.S. paratrooper found dead after Washington state training jump
(Reuters) – The body of a U.S. special forces soldier who was missing since parachuting from a plane during a training exercise on Friday in Washington state has been found, authorities said on Saturday.
