Former security official convicted in Iowa lottery fraud trial
DES MOINES (Reuters) – An Iowa jury on Monday convicted a former multi-state lottery association official of fraud in a case where prosecutors said he rigged a Hot Lotto game drawing to win a $14.3 million prize.
Massachusetts police in billboard campaign to identify dead girl
BOSTON (Reuters) – Police in Massachusetts on Monday launched a billboard campaign to try to identify a 4-year-old girl whose body, stuffed in a trash bag, was found by a woman walking her dog on the waterfront almost a month ago.
Massachusetts police in billboard campaign to identify dead girl
BOSTON (Reuters) – Police in Massachusetts on Monday launched a billboard campaign to try to identify a 4-year-old girl whose body, stuffed in a trash bag, was found by a woman walking her dog on the waterfront almost a month ago.
Papal pilgrims overwhelm Philadelphia transit ticket system
(Reuters) – Philadelphia’s transit system on Monday suspended sales of rail passes for Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to the city after visitors eager to snap up train tickets overwhelmed its online ordering system.
Bridge collapse closes key U.S. highway in California near Arizona
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A stretch of cross-country Interstate 10 will remain closed indefinitely in Southern California near the Arizona border after a bridge collapsed during a severe weekend storm, injuring a motorist, state transportation officials …
New York City has deadly weekend following violent crime drop
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York saw a spate of killings over the weekend, days after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a drop in fatal shootings and stabbings since the start of summer in some of the city’s high-crime neighborhoods.
Wisconsin Governor Walker signs 20-week abortion ban into law
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a Republican presidential hopeful, signed a bill into law on Monday banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy that makes no exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.
Americans favor Supreme Court term limits – Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Most Americans would support imposing a term limit on the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices, who now serve for life, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll has found in the aftermath of major rulings by the court on Obamacare and gay marria…
Republican Jeb Bush backs federal hiring freeze, lobbying rules
(Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said on Monday he would overhaul Washington’s culture with a federal balanced budget amendment, a freeze on government hiring and a longer ban on former members of Congress becoming lobbyists….
North Carolina police officer to face trial for 2013 shooting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) – Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the manslaughter trial of a North Carolina police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in one of a series of killings that have sparked a fresh debate on race and justice in …
