Crews ready to hoist and repair massive tunneling machine under Seattle
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The world’s largest tunnel-boring machine, stuck for over a year underneath downtown Seattle, will be pulled above ground starting this week to be repaired, state officials said on Tuesday.
Young lovers held in stabbing death of girl’s mother in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Authorities on Tuesday considered whether to charge a 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl as an adult in the stabbing death of her mother, who apparently had tried to break up the girl’s romance with a 20-year-old soldier.
New York auxiliary officer accused of hacking into police computers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged a New York City auxiliary police inspector for allegedly hacking into police computer databases and using the information to defraud traffic accident victims.
Oregon governor declares drought emergency as snow pack levels drop
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared a drought emergency on Tuesday in two rural Oregon counties, with more expected in the coming weeks, as the state suffers abnormally low snow pack levels. 
Three stabbed at Baltimore’s Morgan State University: report
(Reuters) – Three football players at Baltimore’s Morgan State University were stabbed on campus on Tuesday and one was seriously injured, the Baltimore Sun reported.
Reactivated fault lines in Oklahoma could cause major quake: study
(Reuters) – Fault lines dating back hundreds of millions of years in Oklahoma that have been recently reactivated could lead to a devastating quake in the state where many structures were not built to withstand major seismic activity, a report said.
Japanese tsunami debris still washing on U.S. shore
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Debris from Japan’s 2011 tsunami will continue to litter the North American coastline over the next three years, with everything from refrigerators to lumber and sports balls still floating offshore in the Pacific, an expert said on…
DNA finds 1980 Minnesota murder victim was missing Texas teen
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – DNA tests have solved a 35-year-old mystery, identifying a hitchhiker that a former Minnesota state trooper later confessed to strangling as a missing Texas teenage girl, officials said on Tuesday.
Boeing KC-46A tanker first flight likely in second quarter: U.S. Air Force official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing Co may not carry out the first flight of its KC-46A refueling plane in April as planned, the U.S. Air Force general in charge of the program said on Tuesday, but the first flight was likely sometime in the second quarter.
N.C. man charged with murder of Food Network show contestant, husband
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A pregnant former “Food Network Star” contestant and her husband were killed by a neighbor in their North Carolina mountain town, officials said on Tuesday.
