Man charged with killing Texas deputy had been in mental hospital: newspaper
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The man charged with fatally shooting a Houston-area deputy in a hail of gunfire spent four months in a mental hospital in 2012 after being declared incompetent to stand trial in an aggravated assault case, the Houston Chronic…
Supreme Court denies Kentucky clerk request on gay marriage licenses
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down a Kentucky county clerk’s request for an emergency order allowing her to continue to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples while she appeals a federal judge’s order requiring…
Missouri to execute killer of Kansas City high school girl
(Reuters) – Missouri is set to execute on Tuesday a man who along with a friend abducted, raped and stabbed to death a 15-year-old girl in 1989.
Asked about Trump, China says U.S. people want good ties
BEIJING (Reuters) – China understands people in the United States have the right to say what they want, but most want good relations with China, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, apparently dismissing repeated attacks by billionaire Donald Trump as…
U.S. presidential grandchildren tout Nationalist WWII bona fides on anniversary
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Two grandchildren of World War Two-era U.S. presidents said the Chinese Nationalists’ role in defeating Japan was as significant as the Communists in a rare joint appearance in Taiwan, as China launches its own high-profile parade ma…
New Jersey high school football players put on probation for hazing
(Reuters) – Six of the seven New Jersey teenagers charged with sexual assault in a high school football hazing scandal last year have been sentenced to probation and will not have their names put on a sex offender register, the New York Times reported …
Former hurricane Fred weakens to a tropical storm: NHC
(Reuters) – The former hurricane Fred weakened to a tropical storm late Monday as it moved away from the Cape Verde Islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Big Rail’s little cousins find boon in U.S. oil-by-rail bust
OLEAN, New York (Reuters) – Amid the rolling mountains surrounding this quiet town in southwest New York state, tucked away on miles-long stretches of underused rail tracks, hundreds of idle oil tank cars attest to the extent of fallout from oil’s rout…
Legionnaires’ outbreak leaves 4 dead at Illinois veterans home: newspaper
(Reuters) – An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has left four people dead among 29 sickened at Illinois Veterans’ Home at Quincy, the Quincy Herald-Whig newspaper reported on Monday.
Daily pot smoking on U.S. college campuses at 35-year high: study
(Reuters) – The number of U.S. college students smoking marijuana every day or nearly every day is greater than it has been in 35 years, according to a study released on Tuesday.
