Boston-area transit, schools to shut Tuesday after record snowfall
BOSTON (Reuters) – A record-setting run of snowstorms that has pounded the U.S. Northeast over the past two weeks has taken a heavy toll on Massachusetts, prompting officials to shut Boston’s mass-transit service through Tuesday to allow time to clear …
Two men found bound and killed execution-style in California garage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two men, bound with duct tape and gagged, have been found killed execution-style in a California garage, and authorities were searching for two suspects and a potential third victim who may have fled the scene, police said on Mo…
Hearing for accused 9/11 plotters halted after infiltration charge
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A U.S. military judge on Monday halted a pre-trial hearing for Guantanamo Bay inmates accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks after one of the accused said his interpreter had worked at a secret CIA prison.
Boyfriend accused in beating death of Pennsylvania college student
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A 19-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested on Monday for criminal homicide after an autopsy on his girlfriend showed she had been beaten and strangled in her Millersville University dorm room, a prosecutor said.
Gang leader who ran drugs from Baltimore jail sentenced to 12 years
(Reuters) – A Baltimore gang leader who prosecutors say dealt drugs and impregnated four guards while in jail was sentenced by a federal judge on Monday to 12 years in prison on a racketeering charge.
Man charged with crashing truck into Michigan Coast Guard station
(Reuters) – A Michigan man who crashed a pickup truck through the gates of a U.S. Coast Guard station in western Michigan and claimed to have a bomb was charged on Monday with two felonies, police said.
Warnings missed before Florida man threw daughter from bridge: state report
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida child welfare agents were warned three times about a man before he allegedly killed his 5-year-old daughter by throwing her off a bridge, the state Department of Children and Families reported on Monday.
Heavy rains cause flooding, mudslides across the West Coast
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A powerful Pacific storm system that drenched California was moving across the Pacific Northwest on Monday, as crews in Oregon and Washington worked to clear flooded roads and railroad tracks blocked by mudslides.
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.
