Connecticut state police probing disappearance of couple
EASTON, Conn. (Reuters) – A special Connecticut state police crime squad on Wednesday said it was taking over the investigation of the disappearance this month of a married couple who own a garbage disposal company and had accumulated more than $2.2 mi…
Americans back federal funds for Planned Parenthood health services: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans broadly support providing federal funding for free women’s health exams, screenings and contraception services, a Reuters/Ipsos poll has found, suggesting risks for Republicans criticizing Planned Parenthood as part of the 2016 campaigns.
Court in Pennsylvania upholds release of Korean businessman
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that an 80-year-old Korean-American businessman does not have to return to prison for the death of his daughter in 1989.
Chicago-area man who won $25 million wrongful conviction case arrested in shooting
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A man who received a $25 million wrongful conviction settlement in 2012 from the city of Chicago in a gang-related murder case has been accused of shooting a man in the legs in another alleged gang-related incident and was due in co…
Wildfires trigger new evacuation orders across U.S. Northwest
SEATTLE/SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Wildfires raging across the U.S. Northwest triggered new evacuation orders for hundreds of homes as firefighters battled more than a dozen major blazes across drought-parched Western states, authorities said on Wednesd…
Man charged with trying to halt departing plane at Denver airport
DENVER (Reuters) – A 58-year-old man who arrived late for a flight to attend his high school reunion is accused of running onto a concourse at Denver International Airport in an attempt to stop the departing plane, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
U.S. charges man in hoax threat to blow up Statue of Liberty
LUBBOCK, Texas/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal authorities on Wednesday charged a West Virginia man with making a hoax threat to blow up the Statue of Liberty in April, prompting the evacuation of thousands of tourists from Liberty Island in New York harb…
Prosecutor clears federal agent in fatal shooting of Detroit man
DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal agent was justified in fatally shooting a wanted fugitive during a home raid in Detroit in April, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said on Wednesday.
Atlantic may see first 2015 hurricane as ‘Danny’ strengthens: U.S.
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Danny is on track to become the first hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic season by Friday and could approach the Caribbean islands by the late weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday.
Former Ohio Congressman Louis Stokes dies at 90
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Former Ohio Congressman Louis Stokes, who served 15 consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives during which he investigated the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr, died at the age of …
