Airbnb opens rental listings for U.S. travelers to Cuba
(Reuters) – Online home-rental marketplace Airbnb Inc now offers properties in Cuba, the company said on Thursday, hoping to capitalize on an expected travel boost after the United States began normalizing relations with the Communist-run nation.
Eleven former Atlanta public school educators guilty in test-cheating case
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Eleven former Atlanta public school educators were found guilty by a jury on Wednesday on charges of racketeering in one of the largest U.S. test-cheating scandals.
Apparent murder-suicide leaves four dead in Oklahoma
(Reuters) – Police discovered four bodies of a family, including two young boys, inside a home in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Wednesday in what appeared to be a murder-suicide, officials said.
‘Chowchilla’ California kidnapper wins initial parole approval: newspaper
(Reuters) – One of three men who kidnapped a busload of school children in California more than three decades ago and buried them alive in a van won initial approval for parole on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Indiana pizza place faces social media heat over gay wedding comments
(Reuters) – A small-town, family-owned pizza restaurant in Indiana has aroused social media outrage after telling a local TV station it would support the state’s recently passed religion law by refusing to cater gay weddings.
Autopsy in Getty oil heir’s death expected on Thursday
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Andrew Getty, the grandson of billionaire oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, died from what appear to have been accidental or natural causes, but an autopsy is not expected to be performed before Thursday, the Los Angeles County coroner’…
FBI confirms death of militant with DNA from severed finger
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday it has confirmed that Zulkifli bin Hir, one of its “most wanted terrorists,” was killed in a raid in the Philippines in January.
Indiana fire official demoted after tying noose: local media
(Reuters) – An assistant chief of an Indiana city’s fire department has agreed to a demotion after being accused by a fellow firefighter of tying a noose with rope during a training exercise, local media reported on Wednesday.
NYPD detective reassigned after taped tirade against Uber driver
(Reuters) – A New York police detective was transferred from the department’s elite Joint Terrorism Task Force on Wednesday after a video showing him screaming at an Uber driver over an alleged traffic violation went viral online, police said.
Las Vegas prosecutor won’t seek death penalty in case of slain mother
(Reuters) – Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said on Wednesday he will not seek the death penalty against two suspects involved in the high-profile Las Vegas shooting death of a mother, a case that was first believed to have been sparked by…
