Bark beetles not adding to U.S. West’s wildfire woes: study
DENVER (Reuters) – Forests in Western U.S. states that have been ravaged by mountain pine beetles are no more likely to be consumed by wildfires than forests unaffected by the insects, a new study by scientists in Colorado has found.
Oklahoma teen sentenced to life in prison for killing of Australian
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma teenager charged with first-degree murder in the 2013 fatal shooting death of an Australian baseball player pleaded guilty on Tuesday to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison, court officials sai…
Smugglers busted with three tons of marijuana off California coast
(Reuters) – Three Mexican nationals have been arrested in the United States on accusations of piloting a boat loaded with nearly three tons of marijuana worth $3 million off the California coast, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
Ex-NFL star Sharper pleads guilty to attempted sex assault in Nevada
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former NFL star Darren Sharper admitted on Tuesday to attempted sexual assault of two women in Las Vegas as part of a three-part plea bargain that prosecutors in Nevada, Arizona and California said would keep him in prison for a…
Home where gunman in Connecticut massacre lived demolished: official
NEWTOWN, Conn. (Reuters) – The town of Newtown, Connecticut, has torn down the house where the gunman behind a 2012 school massacre started his killing rampage, an official said on Tuesday.
Police search for California woman said kidnapped for ransom
(Reuters) – Local authorities and FBI agents were searching on Tuesday for a 30-year-old woman whose boyfriend said she had been kidnapped from his Northern California home by suspects who had demanded a ransom.
Four people found fatally shot in Indianapolis house
(Reuters) – Four people were found fatally shot on Tuesday morning at a ransacked home in Indianapolis, police said.
Al Qaeda influence seen in accused Boston bomber’s note: witness
BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and a terrorism expert serving as a prosecution witness argued on Tuesday over whether the defendant was paraphrasing Al Qaeda propaganda in a note he left four days after …
Georgia lawmakers poised to permit limited use of medical marijuana
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia lawmakers are poised to legalize a non-smoking form of medical marijuana for patients with seizure disorders and other conditions under a bill that passed the state Senate on Tuesday.
Prosecution challenges defense bid to blame earlier suspect in New York child murder case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors in the trial of a man accused of the decades-old murder of a New York City boy tried in court on Tuesday to undermine arguments by the defense that an earlier suspect committed the crime.
