Brutal cold snap hits eastern half of U.S.
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A bitter cold snap is freezing most of the eastern half of the United States, driving the mercury below zero in the Midwest on Monday, with possible freezing temperatures as far south as Atlanta later this week, forecasters said.
Jury selection begins in NY murder case of long-missing boy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of Pedro Hernandez, accused of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz decades ago in a notorious case that ignited a national movement and new legislation to find missing children.
Sale of Atlantic City’s Revel approved despite fight with buyer
CAMDEN, New Jersey (Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge approved on Monday the sale of the shuttered Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to a Florida developer for $95.4 million, a price the buyer said he now doesn’t want to pay.
Exclusive: CIA says its inspector general is resigning at end of month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CIA inspector general David Buckley, who investigated a dispute between the agency and Congress over the handling of records of the CIA’s detention and interrogation activities, is resigning effective Jan. 31, the CIA said on Mon…
New Orleans Saints linebacker arrested for domestic battery
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – New Orleans Saints linebacker Junior Galette was arrested on Monday on a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery involving a woman at his home in a New Orleans suburb, police said.
Two young American ski racers die in Austrian avalanche: USSA
VIENNA (Reuters) – Two young ski racers training with the U.S. development-level ski team were killed in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps on Monday, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) said on its website.
Bess Myerson, first Jewish Miss America, dead at age 90
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bess Myerson, 90, the first Jewish Miss America and a frequent companion of the late New York Mayor Ed Koch who later fell from grace in a city scandal, has died after a long battle with dementia.
U.S. appeals court to hear arguments on Texas abortion restrictions
DALLAS (Reuters) – Texas abortion rights advocates will be in a U.S. appeals court this week to challenge state abortion restrictions they say are aimed more at shutting clinics than protecting women’s health.
NY Times reporter questioned in court in CIA leak case
ALEXANDRIA, VA (Reuters) – New York Times reporter James Risen refused on Monday to answer all but a few basic questions in court about his book detailing a failed CIA effort to undermine Iran’s nuclear weapons program, in a case that has become a flas…
Same-sex marriages to begin in Miami, hours before rest of Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – A judge ruled same-sex marriages could begin in Miami-Dade County on Monday, just ahead of gay couples being able to tie the knot statewide after midnight when Florida becomes the 36th U.S. state to allow people of the same sex to wed…
