Florida mother skips hearing on charges of murdering two children
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Florida mother waived her right to attend a first court hearing on Sunday to face charges of murdering two of her young children and attempting to murder her five-month-old baby, an official at Brevard County Detention Center said…
Confederate flag license plate battle reaches U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday takes up a free speech case on whether Texas was wrong in rejecting a specialty vehicle license plate displaying the Confederate flag – to some an emblem of Southern pride and to others a symbol o…
Atlantic City, N.J. hosts hoops tournament to score casino visitors
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Reuters) – Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino on Saturday hosted a free-throw basketball tournament that gaming executives from across the country hope will reverse the ailing New Jersey resort town’s fortunes.
Machete-wielding New Orleans airport attacker dies
(Reuters) – The machete-wielding man who was shot by police when he attacked security agents at a New Orleans airport on Friday has died in hospital, police said on Saturday.
LA closer to getting NFL team after stadium petition: report
(Reuters) – The dream of bringing national football back to Los Angeles was a step closer on Saturday after a petition to build a stadium to be shared by the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders garnered 14,000 signatures – twice as many as neede…
U.S. mediators report tentative deal in Honeywell Illinois dispute
(Reuters) – A tentative agreement has been reached in a labor dispute at a Honeywell International Inc uranium conversion plant in Illinois, potentially ending a work stoppage that began last August, federal mediators and the company said on Saturday.
Florida mother faces murder charges in deaths of two children
(Reuters) – A Florida mother will face charges of murdering her young children and attempting to murder her five-month-old baby, police said on Saturday, after arresting the woman holding a knife outside the home and finding the children inside.
Brooklyn house fire kills seven from Orthodox Jewish family
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Seven children from an Orthodox Jewish family died early on Saturday when flames ripped through their Brooklyn home in one of New York City’s deadliest fires in years, officials said.
U.S. authorities seize $180 million Colombian cocaine shipment
BOGOTA (Reuters) – U.S. authorities confiscated a $180 million shipment of cocaine from Colombian drug traffickers aboard a boat on the Pacific Ocean bound for the United States, the Colombian attorney general’s office said on Saturday.
Seven skiers hurt in lift malfunction at Maine’s Sugarloaf resort
(Reuters) – Seven people were injured on Saturday when a ski lift at Maine’s popular Sugarloaf Mountain Resort malfunctioned, sending chairs rolling back on their cable, officials said.
