Contract for new U.S. long-range bomber due soon: Air Force secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James on Monday said a contract for a new long-range bomber would be awarded soon, and the project would not be considered a “new start” program that could be halted if Congress fails to pass a bu…
Man dies after run over by tank at Jelly Belly chairman’s California property
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A San Francisco Bay-area man died after being run over by a World War Two-era tank during a family reunion over the weekend at a property owned by the chairman of Jelly Belly Candy Co, officials and the family said.
Virginia college fraternity suspended over lewd banners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A college fraternity was suspended on Monday from a Virginia university over the display of banners containing lewd, sexually suggestive messages welcoming freshmen women to campus, fraternity and school officials said.
Judge overhauls troubled Ferguson, Missouri, court
(Reuters) – A new municipal judge in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday ordered sweeping changes to court practices in response to a scathing Justice Department report following the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown a year ago.
New England prep school rape defendant had list of targets: friend
CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) – Friends of a former student at an elite New Hampshire prep school who is on trial for allegedly raping a younger student described in court testimony on Monday a young man who had made a list of girls he wanted to have sex wit…
Heroes who thwarted France train attack to get California parade
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Three young men who disarmed a gunman on a high-speed train bound for Paris will get a heroes’ welcome in their hometown in California, the mayor of Sacramento said on Monday.
Colorado movie gunman is ‘monster’ destined for ‘hell,’ victim says
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – The Colorado movie massacre gunman is destined for the “darkest, most painful part of hell,” a sobbing victim testified on Monday at the start of a three-day hearing after which James Holmes will be formally sentenced to l…
Judge fines Final Exit group convicted of assisting Minnesota suicide
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A Minnesota judge on Monday fined the national right-to-die group Final Exit Network $30,000 on its criminal conviction for assisting a woman’s suicide in 2007.
Louisiana trooper dies after being shot in head
(Reuters) – A Louisiana trooper died on Monday after being shot in the head with a sawed-off shotgun a day earlier when he pulled over to assist a driver, and authorities were also investigating whether the driver played a role in a second death.
Bus slams into NYC building, six injured
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Six people were injured on Monday when a bus crashed into a building in the Queens area of New York City, a spokesman for the Fire Department of New York said.
