Oil tank explodes in New York suburb, two killed: local media
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A home heating oil tank exploded on Thursday while it was being removed from the yard of a house in a New York City suburb, killing two construction workers, local media reported.
Massachusetts seeks to uphold ban on lying in political ads
BOSTON (Reuters) – The state of Massachusetts on Thursday defended a 1946 law making it illegal to tell lies about candidates for office, after a woman facing possible jail time for a mailer about a Cape Cod candidate challenged the measure’s constitut…
Boston bombing jury told of prison conditions Tsarnaev could face
BOSTON(Reuters) – Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing, would spend most of his days alone in his cell if a U.S. jury decides to send him to prison instead of sentencing him to death, a penal expert testified on Thur…
New York City women plead not guilty to explosive plot charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two New York City women, who U.S. authorities say expressed support for jihad and plotted to hit police, government or military targets with an explosive device, pleaded not guilty on Thursday in Brooklyn federal court.
N.Y. lawmaker pleads guilty to corruption
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state assemblyman pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in Binghamton, New York, to charges that he improperly claimed nearly $55,000 in travel expenses for trips that never occurred, the latest in a string of publ…
Three Wisconsin inmates escape from minimum-security prison
(Reuters) – Three inmates were on the run on Thursday after escaping a minimum-security prison in western Wisconsin, causing an area school district to cancel classes, authorities said.
Italy, U.S. say break up mafia cocaine ring run out of pizzeria
ROME/PIANOPOLI, Italy (Reuters) – Italian and U.S. agents broke up a major cocaine trafficking network run out of a New York City pizzeria, detaining 13 Italians with links to organized crime on Thursday, police said.
California city plans $16 minimum wage by 2019, highest in the U.S.
(Reuters) – Emmeryville, a small city in the San Francisco Bay Area, has given initial approval to the nation’s highest minimum wage by setting baseline pay at $16 an hour in 2019, with gradual increases leading up to that level.
Missouri man arrested in slaying of student selling car through Craigslist
(Reuters) – A Missouri man has been arrested on suspicion of shooting dead an Illinois college student looking to sell his car to the suspect during a meeting arranged through online classified website Craigslist, police said.
Los Angeles police chief says homeless man’s slaying may not have been justified
(Reuters) – Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck said on Wednesday he had not seen evidence to justify the shooting death of an unarmed man by police officers during an altercation in the Venice Beach area.
