Planned Parenthood sues to stop funding cuts in Louisiana
(Reuters) – Planned Parenthood asked a federal court on Tuesday to block Louisiana’s efforts to defund its clinics in the state in reaction to the release of secretly recorded videos about how the group handles the tissue of aborted fetuses.
Oshkosh wins $6.75 billion deal to replace U.S. Army, Marine Humvees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. specialty truck maker Oshkosh Corp has won a $6.75 billion contract to build 17,000 light tactical vehicles to replace the aging Humvees used by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, the U.S. Army announced on Tuesday.
White House fence jumper killed in Pennsylvania court attack
(Reuters) – A man arrested for climbing a White House fence earlier this year was shot and killed at a suburban Pennsylvania courthouse on Tuesday after he sliced a sheriff’s deputy with a knife, the local district attorney said.
Deputies fired for falsely accusing Seattle bus driver of profanity
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Two sheriff’s deputies patrolling Seattle’s transit system have been fired for falsely accusing a bus driver of using profanity during an argument captured by a body camera the driver was wearing, police said on Tuesday.
Bullet hole, blood found in missing Connecticut couple’s vehicle: police
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Connecticut police on Tuesday said they have found a bullet hole and blood in a vehicle owned by a couple who disappeared early this month after accumulating more than $2.2 million in debts.
Oshkosh to build Humvee replacement for U.S. military: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. specialty truck maker Oshkosh Corp has won a multibillion-dollar competition to build a new light tactical vehicle for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps to replace their aging fleet of Humvees, sources familiar with the decisio…
Defendant denied New Hampshire prep school rape, wept: detective
CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) – A popular former student at an elite New Hampshire boarding school wept when a detective called him to say she wanted to interview him about allegations he raped a younger teenager and denied the charges, the detective testifi…
Texas court halts execution of Nicaraguan man planned for this week
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the planned Wednesday execution of Bernardo Tercero, a Nicaraguan man convicted of murder who human rights groups said had his rights to fair trial violated.
Black women booted from California wine train receive apology
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A wine train that runs through California’s famed Napa Valley apologized on Tuesday to a predominantly black women’s book club whose members complained of discrimination after they were kicked off a recent trip over noise comp…
Victims want no comforts for Colorado movie gunman
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – One survivor of the Colorado movie massacre demanded the gunman give a televised apology. Another victim said James Holmes should make himself available for study by scientists.
