Hitchhiker charged in deadly South Carolina carjacking
(Reuters) – A South Carolina man accused of shooting two people who gave him a ride on Christmas Eve and dumping them on the side of an interstate has been arrested on a murder charge, a sheriff said on Wednesday.
Group sues to free bear caged 18 years at Pennsylvania sweets shop
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A national animal rights group is suing the owner of a Pennsylvania ice cream shop to force him to release a female bear kept caged behind his store as a public attraction for 18 years, the group said on Wednesday.
Two dead, many drivers trapped as western U.S. storms chill New Year’s Eve
(Reuters) – Two people died on a wind-beaten California island and crews rescued more than 100 drivers trapped in snow-caked mountains farther inland as winter storms chilled the western half of the United States on New Year’s Eve, officials said on We…
Boy’s body found in Ohio creek after mother says she left toddler on porch
(Reuters) – The body of a missing 14-month-old Maryland boy was found on Wednesday in a central Ohio creek after his mother claimed she had abandoned the toddler nearby on the doorstep of a house, Columbus police said.
U.S. drone rules remain in the hangar in 2014
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States missed a year-end deadline for publishing new rules on remote-control aircraft, delaying an eagerly awaited step toward using drones in everything from farming to package delivery.
Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber lose delay bid
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday denied defense requests to move and delay the start of the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose lawyers say they are overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of pages of documents…
Ban on smoking in N.Y. state parks reinstated
ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – A New York appeals court has reinstated a ban on smoking in state parks, dismissing a challenge by a group of smokers who said the restriction was enacted illegally.
Ex-science chief sues Revlon over safety issues, anti-Jewish bias
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Revlon Inc chief scientific officer has sued the cosmetics company, claiming he was fired after raising safety concerns that its chief executive did not want to hear and was discriminated against for being Jewish.
Effort to kill California’s ban on plastic grocery bags moves forward
(This Dec. 30 story was corrected to fix the spelling of Barrier to Berrier in the third paragraph.)
Head of Baltimore Ravens security charged with sex offense: report
(Reuters) – The senior director of security for the Baltimore Ravens was charged late on Tuesday with a sex offense, according to the Baltimore Sun newspaper and online court records.
