Union says talks to end U.S. refinery strike ‘moving along’
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The union representing striking U.S. refinery workers said on Tuesday that renewed talks with oil companies for a settlement to the 38-day work stoppage were “moving along.”
Utah to bring back firing squad if lethal injections unavailable
(Reuters) – Lawmakers in Utah voted on Tuesday to bring back executions by firing squad if lethal injections are unavailable, which would make it the only state in the country to permit the practice.
Bitcoin Exchange itBit says it won part of bitcoin auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – – Bitcoin exchange itBit on Tuesday said it had won part of the U.S. government’s third auction of bitcoins seized from Ross Ulbricht, who was convicted last month of operating black market website Silk Road.
Denver policeman fired for excessive force on female inmate
DENVER (Reuters) – A 16-year veteran police officer has been fired for using “egregiously disproportionate” force to subdue a woman who had been taken into custody for resisting arrest in the latest incident involving alleged police brutality in Denver…
Man arrested for Arkansas murder nearly 50 years later
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A man who was a little too chatty with a cellmate in Delaware a few years ago was arrested on Tuesday for a murder that took place nearly a half-century ago in Arkansas, authorities said.
Venture firm Kleiner’s lawyer sharply questions ex-partner
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A lawyer for venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers peppered former partner Ellen Pao with questions in court Tuesday afternoon, but Pao stayed calm on the witness stand, answering with short, measured, responses.
Colorado fire crews find ‘my wife is a cheater’ scrawled on burning home
DENVER (Reuters) – Fire crews responding to reports of an explosion at a suburban Denver home early on Tuesday found the residence engulfed in flames with “my wife is a cheater” scrawled on the structure, authorities said.
Authorities search for missing California woman amid campus attacks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Authorities were searching on Tuesday for a 22-year-old woman reported missing near a Southern California university, saying concerns for her well-being were heightened by a string of recent campus crimes that included an attemp…
Deputy U.S. marshal shot dead in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A deputy U.S. marshal was killed in Louisiana on Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire with a fugitive wanted in connection with a double homicide, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Madison police shooting forces liberal city to look at race gap
MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) – The fatal police shooting of an unarmed biracial teen in Madison, Wisconsin, has cast a light on the divide between the liberal whites that dominate the university city and its black residents, who said this week they feel mar…
