U.S. regulator seeks changes to curb speeding passenger trains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration has recommended passenger railroads take steps to prevent speeding trains following a deadly Amtrak accident in May in which a train derailed in Philadelphia after entering a curve at doub…
Boston man sentenced to life in prison for woman’s 2013 slaying
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Boston man was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday after he was convicted of snatching a 24-year-old woman from her apartment in 2013 and stabbing her to death.
California teen who ran away over SAT pressure returns home
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 16-year-old girl from a Los Angeles suburb who ran away over the weekend because she was overwhelmed with pressure when she went to take her college admission test has returned home, police said on Tuesday.
Former U.S. House Speaker Hastert to appear on federal charges
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Dennis Hastert, a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was due to be arraigned Tuesday in federal court in Chicago on charges of trying to hide large cash transactions and lying to the FBI about it.
Missouri to execute convicted killer of girlfriend and her daughter
(Reuters) – Missouri is scheduled on Tuesday to execute a man convicted of fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 2-year-old daughter almost 15 years ago.
Caitlyn Jenner facing second lawsuit over fatal California crash: CNN
(Reuters) – Former Olympic champion and reality television star Caitlyn Jenner who came out as transgender in April is facing a second lawsuit in connection with a fatal car crash on a Southern California highway in February, CNN reported on Tuesday.
Squirrel knocks out power to thousands in San Francisco bay area
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A squirrel knocked out power for some 45,000 energy customers in the San Francisco Bay area on Monday, according to officials and the local Contra Costa Times newspaper.
Federal Louisiana judge orders release of ‘Angola Three’ inmate
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Louisiana on Monday ordered the release of the last of the prisoners known as the “Angola Three,” who has spent more than four decades in solitary confinement in connection with the 1972 second-degree murder of a prison g…
Two California men plead not guilty of seeking to help Islamic State: newspaper
(Reuters) – Two Southern California men pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to travel to the Middle East to join the militant group Islamic State, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Striking Texas refinery workers say reach tentative pact with Marathon
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Negotiators for Marathon Petroleum Corp and union workers at the company’s Galveston Bay, Texas, refinery reached a tentative agreement on Monday for a four-year contract, pointing to the end of a walkout that has lasted four months, said local union officials.
