Man charged with murder after girl’s body found in Missouri hotel
(Reuters) – The strangled body of a 6-year-old girl was found at a Missouri hotel on Saturday evening shortly after she was reported missing and a man was charged on Sunday with her murder, police said.
Smoke appears in Washington subway system three times in two days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A mechanical failure on a Washington subway train caused smoke to fill a station stop on Sunday in the nation’s capital, the third such incident in two days, according to officials.
Hundreds of inmates relocated after Texas prison uprising
(Reuters) – More than 300 inmates from a Texas federal prison damaged in an uprising on Friday were relocated on Sunday and hundreds more will be moved later in the day, said a private contractor who operates the prison.
Legal haze: D.C. pot users face questions as deadline expires this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Marijuana advocates’ hopes that the U.S. capital would easily follow in the footsteps of Denver or Seattle in clearing the way for lawful pot use are set to go up in smoke this week.
Retired police officer kills daughters, self in N.Y. suburb: reports
(Reuters) – A recently retired suburban New York police office shot and killed his two daughters before killing himself at the family’s home, media and authorities said on Saturday.
Another winter storm to pummel eastern United States with snow and sleet
(Reuters) – A fresh band of winter weather that churned up the East Coast on Saturday, pummeling the storm-weary region with snow, sleet and freezing rain, was expected to gradually taper off Sunday morning, forecasters said.
Inmates to be transferred after unrest at Texas prison: reports
(Reuters) – Thousands of inmates at a federal prison in south Texas will be moved to other facilities after an uprising by angry prisoners left the prison damaged and “uninhabitable,” according to officials quoted in local press reports.
Professor, two others dead in apparent murder-suicide in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) – A university professor, his wife and his sister were found shot to death on Friday night in the family’s burning home in a prosperous Little Rock suburb, Arkansas authorities said.
Standoff nearing end at south Texas prison: report
(Reuters) – Law enforcement said they were making progress on Saturday ending a disturbance at a federal correctional facility in southern Texas were as many as 2,000 inmates were protesting medical services, according to a published report.
Another winter storm to pummel eastern United States with snow and sleet
(Reuters) – A fresh band of winter weather was churning up the East Coast on Saturday after pummeling parts of the South and Midwest, threatening to pile up more snow in storm-weary Boston and send the region back into a deep freeze.
