Washington, DC, targets illegal guns as killings surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The District of Columbia on Wednesday sharply hiked rewards for seized illegal guns amid an upsurge in killings in the U.S. capital, part of a rise in homicides in many big cities.
Former Subway pitchman seeks to plead guilty to child pornography, sex charges
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – Former Subway sandwich chain pitchman Jared Fogle asked a federal judge on Wednesday to accept his plea of guilty to charges of child pornography and traveling for illicit paid sex with minors.
In first, Mormon Church appoints 3 women to leadership councils
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – The Mormon Church said on Wednesday that for the first time in its history the Utah-based faith has appointed a trio of women to high-level leadership councils that had been traditionally served only by men.
Oklahoma man at ‘Muslim Free’ gun store accidentally shoots himself
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A man helping out at a self-proclaimed “Muslim Free” gun store in the rural town of Oktaha, Oklahoma, accidentally shot himself in the arm after dropping his gun, authorities said on Wednesday.
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.
