Gulf of Mexico oil rig worker dies in accident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A crew member on a Gulf of Mexico oil rig contracted by Chevron Corp was killed in an accident, the company said on Tuesday.
Ex-Idaho college official who offered scholarships for sex gets jail
(Reuters) – A former financial aid director for an Idaho college who prosecutors say offered scholarships to students in exchange for sex has been sentenced to 107 days in jail after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the case, court officials sa…
Mexican man gets 27 years in killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent
TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) – A federal judge has sentenced a Mexican man to 27 years in prison for his role in the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in a 2010 shootout with a gang that had crossed the border illegally to rob drug smugglers.
Smart phone app finds missing student in Georgia railroad ditch
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Atlanta police on Tuesday were looking into what happened to a Georgia Institute of Technology student missing for several days until he was found injured but alive in a railroad ditch by friends using a smartphone app, a police spo…
Officials investigate fires at black St. Louis churches
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Federal and local authorities are investigating six arson fires at mostly black churches in the St. Louis area, and a $2,000 award has been offered for information leading to the person or persons responsible, the city’s mayor sai…
New Jersey man sentenced for selling threatened turtles in the mail
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey man was sentenced on Tuesday to five years of probation for tying threatened turtles in tube socks and selling them through the mail.
Judge upholds verdict in New Hampshire prep school rape trial
(Reuters) – A New Hampshire judge on Tuesday upheld the August conviction of a former prep school student for using a computer to “lure” a fellow student into a sexual encounter, a charge that could require him to register as a sex offender for life.
U.S. regulators warn against Republican auto safety proposals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican proposals to improve U.S. auto safety came under fire on Tuesday from federal regulators, who warned that proposed changes to current rules would erode consumer safety and give automakers control over the public disclo…
U.S. adds charges against Macau billionaire in U.N. bribe case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors unveiled more charges against a billionaire Macau real estate developer and three others accused of engaging in a bribery scheme involving a former president of the United Nations General Assembly.
El Faro reported ‘hull breach’ before sinking in hurricane
MIAMI (Reuters) – The captain of the U.S. cargo ship El Faro reported “a hull breach” and said a hatch had blown open before the vessel sank off the Bahamas in a hurricane earlier this month, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday.
