Sober monitors must attend Univ. of Virginia frat parties after rape report
(Reuters) – Fraternities wanting to throw parties at the University of Virginia will have to get three members to stay “sober and lucid” to monitor behavior and bedrooms, under new rules imposed after a media report of a gang rape at one of the gatheri…
Los Angeles police recover stolen O.J. Simpson Heisman Trophy
(Reuters) – Los Angeles police have recovered a stolen Heisman Trophy honoring retired American football star O.J. Simpson that had been missing for over 20 years, officials said on Tuesday.
Texas seismologists investigate quakes near old Cowboys stadium
DALLAS (Reuters) – Seismologists installed a new earthquake-monitoring device in the Dallas suburb of Irving this week after a series of minor tremblors rocked an area near the site of the former Dallas Cowboys football stadium.
Five people, including toddler, found dead in Ohio trailer fire
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The bodies of five people, including a toddler, were found in the burnt remains of a house trailer in central Ohio early on Tuesday, authorities said.
Taiwan envoy admits U.S. kept in the dark over controversial flag raising
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s top envoy to the U.S. on Wednesday said that Taiwan did not let U.S. officials know about a flag-raising ceremony on American soil, indicating that by leaving the U.S. in the dark it would give Washington deniability about t…
Gunman fatally shoots one person, kills himself at Army medical facility in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A gunman fatally shot one person and then killed himself in an incident on Tuesday at a U.S. Army facility in El Paso, Texas, a senior U.S. Army official said.
Boehner survives conservative challenge, re-elected U.S. House speaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – John Boehner narrowly won a third term as House of Representatives speaker on Tuesday, surviving a stiff challenge from 25 conservative Republicans that may signal a growing split in the party as it takes full control of Congress…
Gunman kills one person, kills himself at Army medical facility in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A gunman fatally shot one person and then killed himself in an incident on Tuesday at a U.S. Army facility in El Paso, Texas, a senior U.S. Army official said.
Bomb explodes outside NAACP building in Colorado Springs
DENVER (Reuters) – A homemade bomb exploded outside the offices of the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP civil rights group on Tuesday, authorities said, but a gasoline can placed next to the device failed to detonate and no injuries were reported….
Climbers wait until dark to scale Yosemite vertical rock face
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A pair of climbers attempting to scale a massive granite face on the El Capitan rock formation at Yosemite National Park without bolts or other climbing tools were waiting until nightfall to continue their nearly two-week…
