CSX plans to bypass crude train derailment site: state officials
NEW YORK (Reuters) – CSX has notified state officials of its plans to bypass the scene of a crude train derailment and continue delivering oil to a terminal on the Virginia coast, emergency management officials from Virginia and West Virginia said Wedn…
Grave site to be exhumed after Georgia burial mix-up
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The wrong man was buried during a closed casket funeral in Georgia, where officials on Thursday sought a court order to exhume the grave after a mix-up by the state crime lab in Atlanta.
Accused bomber’s lawyers say cannot get fair trial in Boston
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for the accused Boston Marathon bomber on Thursday asked a U.S. appellate panel to override a federal judge and order his trial moved out of the city, saying an impartial jury could not be seated so close to the site of the…
Missouri secretary of state announces bid for U.S. Senate
(Reuters) – Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander announced on Thursday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in 2016 in a race likely against Republican incumbent Roy Blunt.
Accused bomber’s lawyers say cannot get fair trial in Boston
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for the accused Boston Marathon bomber on Thursday asked a U.S. appellate panel to override a federal judge and order his trial moved out of the city, saying an impartial jury could not be seated so close to the site of the…
Member of rapper Nicki Minaj’s tour crew killed in Philadelphia stabbing
(Reuters) – A member of rapper Nicki Minaj’s touring crew was killed and another seriously injured in a stabbing outside a bar in Philadelphia on Wednesday, police and the musician said.
Colombians sentenced to prison for U.S. drug agent’s murder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Colombians have been sentenced to prison for the 2013 kidnapping and murder of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Bogota, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
Britain to award U.S. firm Leidos military logistics contract
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would award a contract to run military logistics to Leidos Holdings Inc, a U.S. company specializing in defense and health services, as part of a plan to save 500 million pounds ($772 million) over 13 years.
Washington state judge rules against florist who refused gay wedding
(Reuters) – A judge in Washington state on Wednesday ruled that a florist who refused to sell flower arrangements for a gay couple’s wedding violated state anti-discrimination law, court records show.
Two smugglers who left pregnant woman to die in California sentenced
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Two men who left a pregnant woman to die in an isolated mountain region of southern California after they smuggled her across the U.S.-Mexico border were sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday, officials said.
