Serial flight stowaway jailed in Florida, nabbed at beach resort
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A woman notorious for sneaking onto commercial flights has been jailed in North Florida, where she was caught checking into a beach resort under a false name, authorities said on Tuesday.
Jury hears taped confession in New York boy’s murder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A jury intently watched the videotaped confession on Tuesday of a man accused of murdering Etan Patz in 1979 and heard him say he choked the 6-year-old boy and “just couldn’t let go.”
Man charged with murder of Virginia student Hannah Graham
(Reuters) – A hospital worker has been charged with the murder of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, whose disappearance shocked the campus and drew national headlines, authorities said on Tuesday.
President Obama to make Chicago district a national monument
CHICAGO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will designate part of Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood, a site famous in the history of urban planning, labor and the civil rights movement, as a national monument, the White House said on Tuesday.
Penalty on tap for worker who urinated in California reservoir
(Reuters) – A public utilities employee found to have urinated into a California drinking water reservoir that had been emptied for maintenance likely will be suspended for several days without pay, a utility official said on Tuesday.
Massachusetts transit official defends snowstorm shutdown
BOSTON (Reuters) – The head of Massachusetts’ transportation authority on Tuesday defended the decision to shut Boston-area subways and rail service after a record-setting string of snowstorms that has hammered the northeastern United States in the pas…
Missouri execution planned, questions over lethal drugs persist
(Reuters) – Missouri prepared for its first execution of the year on Tuesday amid continued scrutiny of the secrecy surrounding its lethal injection protocols.
Jeb Bush talks education, releases emails as he eyes 2016 bid
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – Republican Jeb Bush on Tuesday released emails from his time as Florida governor ahead of a visit to the state capital to raise money and showcase education reforms he started in an effort to burnish his credentials as he …
New York conducts annual homeless count, critics say it’s flawed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thousands of volunteers fanned out across New York before dawn on Tuesday to conduct the city’s yearly homeless survey, trying to count the people who wander the sidewalks all night, sleep in subways for warmth or slip into the sha…
Moon objects found in astronaut Neil Armstrong’s closet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A treasure trove of objects that were supposed to have been left behind after the first moon landing have turned up in the closet of Neil Armstrong, the first man to step onto the lunar surface, the Smithsonian Institution has sa…
