North Dakota governor declares fire emergency
(Reuters) – North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple declared a fire emergency in the state on Wednesday as the second-largest U.S. oil producer grapples with incendiary conditions amid little precipitation and high winds.
Coroner rules post-Katrina New Orleans police killing a homicide
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – The New Orleans-based coroner on Wednesday reclassified as a homicide the 2005 police shooting death of a man whose body was found in a burned-out car in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Pennsylvania man uses chain saw to slay wife, then himself
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A suburban Philadelphia man killed his wife with a chain saw and then turned the machine on himself in a grisly murder-suicide, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Strippers at N.Y. club get $15 mln settlement for unpaid wages
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Exotic dancers at a Midtown Manhattan strip club will receive up to $15 million in a settlement announced on Wednesday resolving a lawsuit claiming they were employees unfairly classified as independent contractors.
Cargo traffic congestion slowly easing at West Coast ports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Cargo congestion at the two busiest U.S. container ports has eased considerably in the six weeks since West Coast dockworkers and shippers reached a tentative labor deal, but port officials said it would take several more weeks …
Investigators recover skeleton found in hills above Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Coroner’s office investigators on Wednesday recovered skeletal human remains found in the Hollywood Hills above Los Angeles, but said it was too early to tell the age or gender of the body or say how it came to be there.The bone…
Canadian diplomat’s son killed, brother arrested in Miami shooting: media
MIAMI (Reuters) – The 15-year-old son of a Canadian diplomat was arrested by Miami police and charged with murder after he was allegedly involved in a drug-related shooting in which his teenage brother and another man were killed, according to news rep…
Arkansas governor seeks fix of religion bill seen as targeting gays
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson told lawmakers on Wednesday to revise a bill that rights activists and U.S. businesses said allowed discrimination against gays, and home-state corporate giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc praised h…
Detroit mom charged with killing children found in freezer
DETROIT (Reuters) – A Detroit mother has been charged with torturing and murdering two of her children found last month in a freezer in her apartment, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Protesters charged after U.S. Supreme Court disruption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Protesters disrupted U.S. Supreme Court proceedings for the third time in just over a year on Wednesday, with several shouting denunciations of campaign finance rulings before the nine justices heard oral arguments in a bankruptc…
