One killed, five wounded in shooting spree in Phoenix suburb
MESA, Ariz. (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire inside a motel room in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa on Wednesday, killing a man and wounding two women before shooting three more people as he sought to elude an exhaustive manhunt that ended in his capture, p…
Racism, nude photos, vandalism and a death rock U.S. college fraternities
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cases of racism, hazing, nude photos, vandalism and a death have rocked U.S. college fraternities this week, with one of the country’s biggest groups pledging on Wednesday to root out discrimination and five frats shuttered over bad…
Jury sees accused Boston bomber’s bombs, bloody sweatshirt
BOSTON (Reuters) – The Boston Marathon bombing trial jury on Wednesday saw two sides of defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in pipe bombs he is charged with hurling at police four days after the attack and the sweatshirt stained with his own blood he was arre…
Starbucks brews backlash with debate on U.S. race relations
LOS ANGELES/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz has deftly navigated thorny issues such as gay marriage, gun control and Congressional gridlock, but his move to weigh in on U.S. race relations has brewed up a social media …
Obama joins millions in U.S. college basketball madness
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – March Madness gripped the White House and lots of other workplaces on Wednesday as President Barack Obama joined an estimated 60 million Americans scrambling to make their predictions for the annual tournament to crown a collegia…
U.S. begins destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles at Colorado depot
DENVER (Reuters) – The destruction of 2,600 tons of World War Two-era mustard agent weapons banned by international treaty began on Wednesday at a U.S. Army depot in southern Colorado, officials said.
Former Penn State president sues over scathing report into Sandusky scandal
(Reuters) – The former president of Pennsylvania State University filed suit on Wednesday against the author of a scathing report on the school’s child sex abuse scandal, saying the investigation disregarded evidence and reached false and damaging conc…
Washington state mulls steep tax, other restrictions on e-cigarettes
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Washington state lawmakers are considering imposing a steep tax and other restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes, legislation the bill’s sponsor said on Wednesday would be the toughest in the nation.
Former Penn State president sues over scathing report into Sandusky scandal
(Reuters) – The former president of Pennsylvania State University filed suit on Wednesday against the author of a scathing report on the school’s child sex abuse scandal, saying the investigation disregarded evidence and reached false and damaging conc…
New York charges Narco Freedom executives in alleged Medicaid fraud scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leaders of a Bronx nonprofit that provides drug and alcohol treatment to tens of thousands of New Yorkers have been indicted over an alleged scheme to plunder the charity and defraud Medicaid of more than $27 million, New York Atto…
