Charlotte opens its first streetcar service in 77 years
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) – Charlotte, one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. South, launched its first streetcar service in 77 years on Tuesday, joining a host of American cities that hope to boost economic growth with new versions of an old mo…
Man convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy to remain jailed until retrial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The man convicted of killing federal intern Chandra Levy in 2001 will stay in jail until his retrial in the high-profile case that contributed to a politician’s downfall, a Washington judge ordered on Tuesday.
Street artist Fairey surrenders to Detroit authorities
DETROIT (Reuters) – Street artist Shepard Fairey, who created the “Hope” poster of Barack Obama in 2008, turned himself into Detroit police on Tuesday on charges he defaced several properties in the city, authorities said.
One killed, several missing in Kentucky flooding
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Kentucky’s governor issued a state of emergency on Tuesday, one day after flash flooding killed one man, left seven other people missing and potentially destroyed 150 houses in Johnson County.
Ex-mayor of Harrisburg charged in probe of city debt crisis
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The former mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, who ended his 28-year tenure in 2010 with the state capital near financial ruin, was charged on 499 criminal counts on Tuesday for theft, bribery, evidence tampering and other ch…
Four prisoners escape from Mississippi jail, two recaptured
(Reuters) – Law enforcement officers in Mississippi have apprehended two of four prisoners who broke out of a county jail and they are now searching for their accomplices, police said on Tuesday.
Tennessee man accused of plot to attack N.Y. Muslim hamlet pleads not guilty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Tennessee man accused of plotting to burn down a mosque in the heart of a Muslim hamlet in rural New York and start a gun battle with residents has pleaded not guilty and faces trial in September, court records showed on Tuesday….
U.S. Guantanamo board weighs case of alleged al-Qaeda member
ARLINGTON, Va. (Reuters) – A Yemeni man suspected of being a member of al Qaeda, who has been held at Guantanamo Bay military prison since 2002, faced a U.S. national security board on Tuesday to determine if he should be transferred out of the prison….
Oklahoma Republicans compare food-stamp recipients to animals
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The Oklahoma Republican Party on Tuesday removed a Facebook post that compared people who receive food stamps to wild animals after it set off a social-media storm.
Two Utah teens livestream ice cream burglary, get scooped up
(Reuters) – Police in Utah have scooped up two 16-year-old boys who stole tubs of ice cream from a truck while broadcasting their escapade live online, a blunder that led to their capture, authorities said.
