Missouri executes first inmate since Supreme Court ruling
(Reuters) – Missouri on Tuesday put to death a man convicted of murdering a 19-year-old woman he encountered in a traffic accident in 2001, in the first execution in the United States since the Supreme Court upheld the use of a lethal injection drug.
Tale of beer served for fallen U.S. soldier spreads online
(Reuters) – A Washington state bartender who fulfilled a woman’s request to serve a beer for a brother who died fighting with U.S. forces in Iraq is honoring the man by keeping the bottle on display next to an American flag, in a story that has spread …
Trial over fate of frozen embryos underway in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California judge will soon be asked to decide whether a woman can use frozen embryos against the wishes of her ex-husband to destroy them in a case that could set a new legal precedent in the nation’s most populous state.
On Newport’s Cliff Walk, ‘love locks’ may not be forever
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) – They say the whole world loves a lover, but in Newport, Rhode Island, at least, not everyone is fond of the so-called “love locks” that sweethearts are leaving along the resort city’s famed seaside Cliff Walk.
Five arrested in 4th of July Connecticut shooting, bombing death
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Connecticut police have arrested five people in connection with the murder of their housemate, who investigators said was shot and then blown to bits by a pipe bomb on July 4 in the suburbs of New Haven.
Man found guilty in 2012 Indiana home blast that killed neighbors
(Reuters) – An Indiana jury on Tuesday found a man guilty of murder and arson for trying to burn down a house for insurance money in November 2012, an act which sparked an explosion that killed two neighbors and damaged scores of nearby homes.
Colorado movie gunman had mass murder ‘in heart and mind’: prosecutor
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A prosecutor broke down on Tuesday as he said the man in black who gunned down a dozen people in a Colorado movie theater had nothing but “mass murder” on his mind when he went on the rampage three years ago.
U.S. has yet to notify 21.5 million data breach victims: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two months after discovering that sensitive personal information on 21.5 million Americans was compromised in a hack of government databanks, none of those affected has been officially notified, government officials said on Tuesd…
Wal-Mart sued for denying health insurance to gay worker’s wife
(Reuters) – A Wal-Mart Stores Inc employee sued the retailer on Tuesday, saying its prior policy of denying health insurance to the spouses of gay employees violated gender discrimination laws.
Passersby injured by debris from empty building collapse in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Passersby suffered injuries from falling debris on Tuesday when an empty building collapsed in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, authorities said.
