Amid drought, California’s Brown wants big fines for wasting water
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Governor Jerry Brown proposed legislation on Tuesday that would impose steep fines for wasting water in drought-parched California.
Michigan boy held in basement describes extreme exercise, abuse
DETROIT (Reuters) – A Michigan boy who was found emaciated in his own basement after going missing for 11 days last year told a court on Tuesday that he was forced to exercise for up to two hours every morning and again each night and would suffer abus…
Court dismisses appeal in $1 billion divorce of oil executive Hamm
(Reuters) – Sue Ann Arnall, the ex-wife of Oklahoma oil executive Harold Hamm, lost an appeal of the couple’s divorce case because she had accepted an award of nearly $1 billion, the state Supreme Court said on Tuesday.
No new trial for man behind illicit Silk Road website
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Manhattan federal judge has denied a request for a new trial for Ross Ulbricht, the man convicted of being the mastermind behind the Silk Road online black market for illegal drugs
Survivors of Colorado cinema massacre describe horrors for jury
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A woman who survived Colorado’s movie theater massacre found an escape route blocked by bodies, she told jurors on Tuesday in the murder trial of gunman James Holmes. And a nine-months pregnant woman slipped in blood while…
NTSB investigating Texas nurse’s fatal fall from helicopter
(Reuters) – U.S. air safety officials are investigating the death of a veteran flight nurse who fell as she was attempting to lift an injured hiker into a hovering helicopter during a rescue in a rugged Texas recreational area, officials said on Tuesda…
Obama nominates Coast Guard vice admiral to head TSA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he would nominate Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger to be administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the agency created to tighten travel security following th…
Connecticut man who kept mentally ill sister in ‘dungeon’ pleads guilty
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to first-degree abuse and cruelty for keeping his mentally ill sister locked away for years in a padlocked room in her own urine and feces.
Citadel investigation finds 19 cases of hazing among cadets
(Reuters) – Nineteen hazing cases have been confirmed out of 85 allegations of misconduct reported this year at The Citadel military college in South Carolina, according to findings released by the school on Tuesday.
Seattle black man arrested for walking with golf club sues city, officer
SEATTLE (Reuters) – An elderly black man arrested last summer while walking down a Seattle street with a golf club has sued the city and the officer who took him into custody, claiming the incident was racially motivated, his attorney said on Tuesday.
