Massachusetts transit agency to suspend service due to snow
BOSTON (Reuters) – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority plans to suspend all train service at 7 p.m. on Monday, due to the prolonged snowfall in Boston, the agency said on its Twitter feed.
Pro-gay marriage signals seen in U.S. Supreme Court action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s move on Monday to allow gay marriage to proceed in Alabama is the strongest signal yet that the justices are likely to rule in June that no state can restrict marriage to only heterosexual couples.
Pennsylvania teen killed classmate, took ‘selfie’ with body: police
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania teenager was in custody without bail on Monday, accused of fatally shooting a 16-year-old classmate in the face and taking a photograph of himself with the body which he sent to another boy’s cellphone, according to court doc…
Indiana woman who fought for same-sex marriage rights dies
(Reuters) – An Indiana woman who challenged the state’s ban on same-sex marriage while she was dying of cancer, seeking legal recognition so that she and her partner could make plans for their two toddlers’ futures, has died.
Trial begins for U.S. Marine accused of twice deserting to Lebanon
(Reuters) – The U.S. military on Monday began the court-martial of a Lebanese-born Marine who is accused of deserting the military in Iraq in 2004 before turning up in Lebanon claiming to have been kidnapped and then deserting again the following year….
Pennsylvania launches Medicaid expansion: governor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The state of Pennsylvania has launched an expansion of the Medicaid health insurance program, governor Tom Wolf, a Democrat, said in a statement on Monday.
Friend says man accused of boy’s 1979 murder confessed long ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A longtime friend of Pedro Hernandez, the man charged in the 1979 murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz, testified on Monday that Hernandez told him decades ago that he had killed a boy.
Illinois wife-killer cop charged in murder-for-hire plot
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A former Chicago-area police officer in prison for murdering his third wife was charged on Monday with trying to hire a hit man to kill the prosecutor in his case.
West Coast port operations resume, more labor talks scheduled
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. West Coast port operations resumed in full on Monday after shipping companies suspended loading and unloading of freighters for the weekend, citing chronic cargo backups the shippers and dockworkers have blamed on each othe…
Mumps outbreak linked to Idaho university spreads to Washington state
SEATTLE (Reuters) – An outbreak of mumps that started at an Idaho university and infected 21 people across the state has now spread to neighboring Washington state, health officials said on Monday.
