Boston police investigating overnight fire and fatal shooting
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston police are investigating an incident in which officers responding to an overnight call arrived at a flaming apartment building to discover a man who had been shot dead and an injured woman, a police spokeswoman said on Tuesday…
Mother of missing New York boy appears at trial of accused killer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The mother of a New York boy missing since 1979 took the witness stand in the trial of his accused murderer on Tuesday, telling the jury that she has avoided the courtroom out of fear the descriptions of the crime would leave her s…
U.S. Supreme Court hesitant to extend Spider-Man toy royalties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Spider-Man toy that shoots out webs of foam was at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday, with the justices appearing little inclined to overturn a half-century-old legal precedent to allow more royalty fees to …
As many Americans fear pilot crashes as they do hijacking
(Reuters) – Americans fear pilots purposely crashing an airliner as much as they are afraid of a hijacking, and over a quarter are more scared of flying than they were before a copilot crashed a jet in France last week, killing 150 people, a Reuters/Ip…
Movement to break up tiny Caribou, Maine, takes step forward
AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) – A group of residents of Caribou, Maine, who want to break away from the city of 7,952 people citing high taxes took their first formal step towards secession on Tuesday when officials confirmed they had enough signatures to b…
Obama vetoes Republican bid to block union election rules
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vetoed a measure by Republicans in Congress that would have blocked a government labor agency’s rules designed to speed up the time it takes to unionize workers.
Admitted Connecticut prom killer enters insanity plea
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A 17-year-old Connecticut boy who admitted nearly a year ago that he stabbed a female classmate to death in a school hallway hours before their junior prom pleaded not guilty due to insanity on Tuesday.
Armed man caught after taking hostages at Pennsylvania firehouse
(Reuters) – An armed suspect believed to be a former firefighter was apprehended on Tuesday after taking four firefighters hostage inside a suburban Philadelphia firehouse, officials said.
Albanian police chief quits, Interpol officers arrested
TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania’s chief of police resigned and two Albanian Interpol officials were arrested on Tuesday after it emerged that an extradition request issued by Belgium for an Albanian lawmaker belonging to the ruling coalition had been suppre…
Prominent gay rights advocate to argue landmark U.S. marriage case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers advocating for a right to gay marriage at the U.S. Supreme Court announced on Tuesday they had chosen Mary Bonauto, a longtime champion of gay legal rights, to argue the landmark case on April 28.
