South Carolina teen charged with murder in Snapchat stabbing
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina teenager is being held in jail after being charged as an adult with murder in the fatal stabbing of another teen in an apparent fight after one messaged the other’s girlfriend on the mobile Snapchat app…
California two-year colleges may soon offer bargain bachelor’s degrees
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California’s community colleges hope to begin offering bachelor’s degrees for about $2,500 a year under a pilot program that won preliminary approval on Tuesday.
Obama to challenge Republicans to back tax hikes in big speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will challenge a skeptical Republican-led Congress on Tuesday to back tax increases on the wealthy to help lift up middle-class Americans in a State of the Union speech that will outline his vision for his …
NY Governor Cuomo wants train link to LaGuardia airport
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans on Tuesday to build a direct train link between New York City’s LaGuardia airport and local subway and rail lines as part of broader plans to improve the state’s aging infrastructure.
Georgia court denies stay for death row inmate claiming mental disability
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The Georgia Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to stop the state’s planned execution next week of a death row inmate whose lawyers say should not be put to death because he is mentally disabled.
U.S. motorists kept pedal to metal in November, upping mileage
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. motorists drove 1.1 percent more miles in November than a year earlier, federal data released on Tuesday showed, as slumping gasoline prices fuel what could be the biggest annual rise in domestic demand in three decades.
Obama to visit Selma for 50th anniversary of civil rights marches
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Selma, Alabama, in March to recognize the 50th anniversary of historic marches led by activists fighting against segregation and seeking to ensure African Americans’ right to vote, a White H…
Five Florida high school students charged in alleged gang rape
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Five Florida high school football players have been charged with sexual battery in the alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old girl who recorded parts of the encounter on her iPod, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Jury selection starts in Colorado cinema massacre trial
CENTENNIAL, Co. (Reuters) – A judge in Colorado began the process on Tuesday of choosing the jury for the murder trial of James Holmes, the former neuroscience graduate student who killed 12 people in July 2012 at a midnight screening of a Batman movie…
New York man charged with trying to buy ricin ‘death pills’ online
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Manhattan man tried to buy the biological toxin ricin from an undercover agent posing as a drug vendor on an online black marketplace, U.S. authorities said in criminal charges unsealed on Tuesday.
