Chicago-area teenager pleads guilty to stabbing death of sister
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A 15-year-old Chicago-area girl pleaded guilty in juvenile court on Tuesday to the fatal stabbing of her younger sister in a quarrel over household chores, local media reports said.
Georgia mother kills three children in murder-suicide: police
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The bodies of a mother and her three children ranging in age from 9 months to 10 years old were discovered in a suburban Atlanta apartment on Tuesday in what was an apparent murder-suicide carried out by the mother, authorities said…
Man sought in Missouri kidnapping captured in Kentucky
(Reuters) – A man suspected of kidnapping and robbery in a two-state crime spree was captured on Tuesday afternoon in Kentucky, the FBI said.
Defense rests in penalty phase of Jodi Arias trial
(Reuters) – Defense attorneys for convicted killer Jodi Arias have rested their case in the penalty phase of her trial in Phoenix without calling her back to the witness stand, court officials said on Tuesday.
Obama dropping plan to tax college savings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has dropped a controversial proposal to tax “529” college savings plans, a White House official said on Tuesday, calling it a “distraction” from administration efforts to provide middle-class tax relief.
Washington state bill would scrap delayed Seattle tunnel project
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Two Washington state lawmakers have introduced a bill to scrap a $3.1 billion roadway overhaul and expressway tunnel excavation in Seattle, branding the project a failure beset by cost overruns, construction mishaps and delays.
Battle lines drawn as Oklahoma lawmakers take aim at gays
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A raft of proposed laws in socially conservative Oklahoma, criticized for being discriminatory measures aimed at limiting the rights of gay and transgender people, has prompted a pushback from human rights groups seeking to si…
Twins who turned on Mexican cartels sentenced to 14 years
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Twin brothers who ran a massive Chicago distribution hub for Mexican drug cartels but then helped the U.S. government convict more than a dozen drug dealers were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Tuesday in federal court.
Blizzard pounds U.S. northeast, New York spared its brunt
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. blizzard swept past New York City and struck hardest at some 4.5 million people around Boston, dropping nearly three feet of snow in areas and triggering high tides that breached a seawall and forced residents to flee…
U.S. says 9.5 million people enroll for 2015 Obamacare insurance
(Reuters) – More than 9.5 million people have signed up for 2015 individual health insurance on the new exchanges created under the national healthcare reform law, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, a number that surpasses its enrollment target for t…
