Oregon lawmakers consider banning plastic beads in cosmetics
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill to ban tiny plastic beads that show up in everything from toothpaste to facial scrubs and end up in waterways, harming fish that mistake them for food, environmentalists and lawmakers s…
Pennsylvania woman who helped husband rape daughter sent to prison
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania woman convicted of helping her husband rape her teenaged daughter in an effort to conceive a baby that the woman could raise as her own was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison on Thursday, her lawyer said.
McDonald’s wage plan renews debate on independence of franchisees
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp’s announcement that it will raise the average pay at its company-operated U.S. restaurants threatens to complicate an ongoing labor dispute that turns on whether McDonald’s can be held responsible for th…
Judge to approve latest deal to buy Atlantic City’s Revel Casino
(Reuters) – A federal bankruptcy judge in New Jersey on Thursday said she would approve an $82 million sale of Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel to Florida developer Glenn Straub.
Florida driver aged 92 blamed for deaths of three roadside workers
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A 92-year-old driver caused a chain reaction on a Florida highway on Thursday that killed three electric utility workers digging a trench on the side of the road, the highway patrol said.
Accused New York murderer thought confessing would set him free: video
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A jury hearing the case of a former grocery worker accused of killing a missing New York boy in 1979 on Thursday watched him on video saying he had felt pressured by police questioning and thought if he confessed, he would be allow…
Mississippi university chancellor refuses deal to extend contract
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – The University of Mississippi’s popular chancellor has turned down an offer to extend his contract, after two weeks of on-campus protests against a state board which had threatened to fire him over spending for the school med…
Duke University student admits to putting noose in tree
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A Duke University student has admitted to placing a noose in a tree on the campus in North Carolina and could be disciplined, a school spokesman said on Thursday.
Pennsylvania girl, 14, charged as adult in mother’s stabbing death
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl has been charged as an adult for allegedly taking an active role in the stabbing death of her mother and plotting with her soldier boyfriend to murder her father, a prosecutor said on Thursday…
Alabama man to be freed after nearly 30 years on death row
Birmingham, Ala. (Reuters) – A man who has been on death row in Alabama for nearly three decades is expected to walk free on the orders of a local judge, officials said on Thursday.
