Shell Arctic drilling rig departs Seattle surrounded by protesters
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling rig that will search for oil in the Arctic pulled out of its temporary base in Seattle on Monday for the trip north to Alaska as dozens of activists in kayaks tried to stop its movement, authorities …
Mississippi blogger sentenced in scandal over U.S. Senator’s wife
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – A Mississippi blogger who pleaded guilty to burglary for going into a nursing home to photograph the ailing wife of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran was sentenced to five years in prison, a county court judge ruled on Monday.
Judge dismisses fourth juror in Colorado theater shooting case
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – The judge in the capital murder trial of Colorado movie-theater gunman James Holmes dismissed a fourth juror on Monday, after the woman acknowledged that her brother-in-law was recently the victim of a shooting in a robber…
Teen arrested in Virginia parking lot stabbing deaths
(Reuters) – A 15-year-old Virginia boy has been charged with first-degree homicide in the stabbing deaths of two men at a Fredericksburg, Virginia, shopping center, authorities said Monday.
Former NFL star Sharper pleads guilty to rape in New Orleans
(Reuters) – Former National Football League star Darren Sharper pleaded guilty on Monday to drugging and raping three women in New Orleans, the final step in a series of deals with prosecutors in federal court and four states.
Widow of CBS News’ Bob Simon sues car service, driver after crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The driver of a car that crashed and killed veteran CBS News correspondent Bob Simon had two speeding convictions and his driver’s license suspended nine times, according to a lawsuit by Simon’s widow made public on Monday.
Sex, lies and debt potentially exposed by U.S. data hack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When a retired 51-year-old military man disclosed in a U.S. security clearance application that he had a 20-year affair with his former college roommate’s wife, it was supposed to remain a secret between him and the government.
Court to hear Boston mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s appeal in July
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former mobster James “Whitey” Bulger will get a chance next month to argue against a 2013 jury verdict that found him guilty of committing or ordering the murders of 11 people while he ruled Boston’s underworld in the 1970s and ’80s….
U.S. top court rejects wife’s challenge to Afghan husband’s visa denial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against an American citizen who objected to the U.S. government’s denial of a visa for her Afghan husband under a law giving consular officials wide discretion to bar people linked with “terroris…
Dozens of U.S. companies bet on nuclear power revolution: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon’s top arms provider and firms partly funded by Silicon Valley billionaires Bill Gates and Paul Allen are among dozens of companies collectively betting more than $1.3 billion that a new wave of nuclear power can be a…
