Utah Mormon activist to learn fate in coming days: Salt Lake Tribune
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A prominent Mormon activist who faces possible excommunication after going against the church by supporting same-sex marriage and questioning doctrine is set to learn his fate “in the coming” days, the Salt Lake Tribune repor…
California educator gets 10 years for sex abuse
(Reuters) – A California educator who resigned after a woman accused her in a YouTube video of abusing her when she was a 12-year-old student was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday, prosecutors said.
Last officer from Pearl Harbor battleship USS Arizona dies at 100
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The last surviving officer of the USS Arizona, the ship that was bombed in the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at 100 at a nursing facility in Northern California, his son said on Facebook.
U.S. government, conservationists launch drive to save monarch butterfly
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and conservation groups launched a $3.2 million campaign on Monday to save the habitat of the embattled orange-and-black spotted monarch butterfly, whose numbers have plummeted in recent years.
Same-sex marriage begins in parts of Alabama, thwarted in others
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – Same-sex couples began marrying in parts of Alabama on Monday, acting on the strongest signal yet from the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of gay marriage ahead of an expected ruling, but numerous state judges avoided granting …
Illinois governor makes union dues voluntary for some state workers
CHICAGO (Reuters) – In a strike against public employee unions, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner on Monday signed an order eliminating union dues for some state employees who don’t want to pay to support union activities.
Same-sex marriage begins in parts of Alabama, thwarted in others
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – Same-sex couples began marrying in parts of Alabama on Monday, acting on the strongest signal yet from the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of gay marriage ahead of an expected ruling, but numerous state judges avoided granting …
Boston-area transit, schools to shut Tuesday after record snowfall
BOSTON (Reuters) – A record-setting run of snowstorms that has pounded the U.S. Northeast over the past two weeks has taken a heavy toll on Massachusetts, prompting officials to shut Boston’s mass-transit service through Tuesday to allow time to clear …
Two men found bound and killed execution-style in California garage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two men, bound with duct tape and gagged, have been found killed execution-style in a California garage, and authorities were searching for two suspects and a potential third victim who may have fled the scene, police said on Mo…
Hearing for accused 9/11 plotters halted after infiltration charge
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A U.S. military judge on Monday halted a pre-trial hearing for Guantanamo Bay inmates accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks after one of the accused said his interpreter had worked at a secret CIA prison.
