Oklahoma used wrong drug in January execution: local newspaper
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma, which last week put on hold planned executions due to a mix-up with lethal injection drugs, used a drug not included in its official protocol in a convicted murderer’s January execution, the Oklahoman newspaper repor…
Some areas in flooded South Carolina facing second deluge
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina’s governor warned on Thursday that several coastal areas were about to be hit by a second round of major flooding, while residents inland hauled soaked furniture and appliances from homes left in ruins by unpre…
Captain of ill-fated ship El Faro was known as trusted mariner
PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) – The captain of the ill-fated cargo ship that sank in a hurricane off the Bahamas with no survivors last week was an experienced and highly trusted mariner who had spent a lifetime on the water, friends and colleagues said.
Connecticut top court rejects bid to reconsider death penalty ban
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request by state prosecutors to reconsider its landmark decision in August that eliminated capital punishment in the state and spared the lives of nearly a dozen death-row …
Louisiana chef Prudhomme, who helped popularize Cajun food, dies at 75
(Reuters) – Celebrated Louisiana chef Paul Prudhomme, who helped popularize Cajun and Creole cuisine like jambalaya, blackened redfish and gumbo in the United States and worldwide, has died at age 75, a representative from his New Orleans restaurant sa…
France train attack hero Stone stabbed in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – U.S. Air Force airman Spencer Stone, one of the three Americans who thwarted an August train attack in France, was stabbed several times during a fight outside a Sacramento bar early on Thursday and was hospitalized in se…
New York City to offer low-cost healthcare to uninsured immigrants
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York will become one of the first major U.S. cities to expand low-cost healthcare to uninsured immigrants regardless of their legal status under a pilot program to launch next spring, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday.
FBI says it disrupted activities of dozens of potential IS recruits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI counterterrorism agents followed dozens of potential militants around the United States full time over the summer and disrupted activities pursued by many of them, FBI Director James Comey told a congressional committee on Th…
Former head of Chicago schools will plead guilty in bribery scheme: lawyer
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The former chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, plans to plead guilty to charges of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks for helping her former employers win lucrativ…
U.S. court says yoga sequence cannot be copyrighted
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled against a celebrity yogi on Thursday, finding that he is not entitled to copyright protection for a sequence of 26 yoga poses and two breathing exercises that he developed.
