Woman in Colorado fetus attack charged with attempted murder
BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) – A Colorado woman who police say admitted to cutting a fetus from a stranger was charged with attempted murder and unlawful termination of a pregnancy on Friday, after the coroner said there was no evidence the unborn child su…
NYC mayor says possibility gas line wrongly tapped before blast
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Workers may have “inappropriately” tapped into a gas line before a devastating explosion in New York City that destroyed buildings, injured 22 people and left at least two people unaccounted for, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday…
University of Oklahoma says racist song began with national fraternity
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A racist song chanted by members of a University of Oklahoma fraternity was learned at a national Sigma Alpha Epsilon leadership cruise four years ago and became a part of the chapter’s culture, school President David Boren sa…
California Governor Brown signs $1 billion emergency drought package
(Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown signed emergency legislation on Friday that fast-tracks over $1 billion in funding for drought relief and water infrastructure within the parched state.
Deal reached over insurance money for missing Utah mother Susan Powell
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The family of Susan Powell, a Utah woman who vanished in 2009 and whose husband later killed himself and the couple’s two young sons, has reached a settlement with her husband’s family over the couple’s estate and life insurance mon…
Detroit children found in freezer died by trauma, burns
DETROIT (Reuters) – The deaths of two children whose bodies were found in a freezer in their mother’s Detroit apartment were the result of homicides, a county medical examiner said on Friday.
U.S. regulator proposes to let Delta keep Seattle-Haneda route
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday proposed to let Delta Air lines keep a route between Seattle and Haneda Airport in Tokyo, but only if the carrier maintained a daily service year-round.
Texas taxidermist pleads guilty to illegal rhino horn trade
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas taxidermist faces up to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to participating in the illegal sales of rhino horns, prosecutors said on Friday.
Shopping center near Pentagon given ‘all-clear’ over bomb threat: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Arlington County Police said in a tweet on Friday they gave the “all-clear” to a shopping center near the headquarters of the U.S. Defense Department, with business returning to normal and roads re-opening after bomb-sniffing dog…
Police seek two people unaccounted for after New York explosion
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two people remained unaccounted for on Friday in the wake of an apparent gas explosion that destroyed four New York City apartment buildings and injured 19 people, police said.
