California foster dad gets 19 years to life for sex abuse of six girls
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former Southern California foster parent was sentenced on Friday to serve nearly 19 years to life in prison for raping and sexually abusing a half dozen girls who were 9 to 15 years old while in his care, prosecutors said.
Two Seattle-area high schools cancel classes after threats
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Two Seattle-area high schools were evacuated and later canceled classes on Friday after receiving security threats, and another high school in Washington state heightened its security after a threatening message was scrawled on a ba…
Oregon sheriff investigates case of ‘stolen’ log cabin
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Sheriff’s deputies in Oregon are investigating the peculiar case of a log cabin that was reported stolen only to be found two days later less than a mile from where it was taken, authorities said Friday.
Eight dead in door-to-door Missouri shooting spree
(Reuters) – A man armed with a handgun went on a house-to-house shooting spree in a rural Missouri town, killing seven relatives and neighbors before taking his own life, officials said on Friday.
House rejects stopgap security agency funding, partial shutdown looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives on Friday failed to approve a stopgap funding bill for the U.S. domestic security agency in an embarrassing setback for Republican House Speaker John Boehner, increasing the threat of a partial agency…
Adoption by same-sex parent recognized by Alabama appeals court
(Reuters) – An Alabama appeals court ruled on Friday that the state must recognize the out-of-state adoption of three children by the estranged wife of their birth mother, lawyers for the plaintiff said.
Denver policeman accused repeatedly of excessive force taken off streets
DENVER (Reuters) – A Denver police officer who has cost the city more than $1 million to settle excessive force cases for which he was never disciplined has been pulled from street patrol, a department spokesman said on Friday.
Environmental group sues U.S. EPA over monarch butterfly demise
(Reuters) – An environmental group sued the U.S. government on Friday, accusing regulators of discounting the dangers that a widely used herbicide poses to the declining monarch butterfly population.
South Carolina college scrutinized for ‘biblical’ stance on homosexuality
(Reuters) – A small, Christian college in South Carolina said on Friday it had not banned gay students or homosexuality from its campus under its controversial new “Statement on Human Sexuality,” which calls the practice sinful.
Texas snowstorm snarls transport, cancels nearly 600 flights
DALLAS (Reuters) – A storm that dusted the Dallas area on Friday with about 1 to 3 inches of snow caused hundreds of traffic accidents and led to more than 600 flight cancellations.
