U.S. top court declines to hear Texas death row inmate’s appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal filed by Texas death row inmate Lester Bower, including his assertion that three decades on death row amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
U.S. top court to hear Louisiana life-without-parole sentencing case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a Louisiana man’s appeal of a sentence of life in prison without parole that he received for murdering when he was 17 years old a police officer in 1963.
Boston Olympic backers say won’t make bid without public support
BOSTON (Reuters) – The organizers for Boston’s campaign to host the 2024 Olympic Games on Monday said they would not make a final bid to the International Olympic Committee unless a majority of Massachusetts residents support the idea.
New Orleans judge to weigh whether Robert Durst a major flight risk
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, is set to appear in a New Orleans courtroom on Monday on local weapons charges, with a judge expected to weigh how big a flight risk…
Remains may be linked to Alaska family missing nearly a year
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Clothing and human remains possibly connected to the May 2014 disappearance of a Kenai, Alaska, family of four have been found along a trail near their home, police said on Sunday.
Woman fatally stabbed while visiting at Chicago area hospital
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago suburban police are investigating the stabbing death of a woman by an estranged family member while both were visiting a patient at a hospital on Sunday.
Deep scars but hope of renewal a year after deadly Washington state mudslide
OSO, Wash. (Reuters) – A year after a mudslide sent a wall of debris onto the fields around Don Young’s house in the shadow of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state, killing many of his neighbors, grass is finally sprouting again.
Woman fatally stabbed while visiting at Chicago area hospital
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago suburban police are investigating the stabbing death of a woman by a family member while both were visiting a patient at a hospital on Sunday.
Striking Tesoro refineries workers to vote on contract
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Workers on strike at three Tesoro Corp refineries on the West Coast are due to vote on a new contract this week, the United Steelwokers union said in a message on Sunday.
Father says seven children who died in NYC fire were ‘so pure’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The father of seven Orthodox Jewish children killed in a Brooklyn house fire told hundreds of mourners at their funeral on Sunday that the only way he can survive the tragedy was “complete, utter and total surrender” to his religio…
