Mississippi football rivalry marred by threat to campus greenery
(Reuters) – An anonymous, hand-written note threatening damage to trees and shrubs on the University of Mississippi campus ahead of a major intra-state football game was turned over to federal investigators on Wednesday, the school said in a statement….
FBI arrests man in Texas suspected of being gang hit man
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The FBI arrested a 36-year-old San Antonio man on Wednesday accused of being a mob hit man who is suspected in at least three murders and believed to have given the order to have a Texas police officer killed, the FBI said.
Police make arrest in $50,000 fur coat heist in Connecticut
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Police have arrested one of two men suspected of grabbing $50,000 worth of fur coats on Wednesday from a high-end clothing shop in Greenwich, Connecticut, and then speeding off in a getaway car to New York.
Last of three New Jersey siblings shot by mother dies of wounds
(Reuters) – An 11-year-old New Jersey boy, one of three siblings shot by their mother last week before she turned the gun on herself, has died of his wounds, becoming the fourth fatality in the shootings, state police said on Wednesday.
Convicted Texas murderer featured in ‘Bernie’ film gets sentencing hearing
DALLAS (Reuters) – A former mortician serving a life sentence for murdering an elderly East Texas woman in a case that inspired the 2011 film “Bernie” will receive a new punishment hearing, a state appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
Connecticut to offer driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Connecticut said on Wednesday that it will provide special driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants starting next week to help stop them from driving the state’s roads unregistered and uninsured.
Illinois asks state’s top court to revive pension overhaul
(Reuters) – Illinois, which is struggling to bolster a shaky public pension system weighed down by a $104.6 billion shortfall, has asked the state’s highest court to reverse a lower court ruling that declared a planned overhaul unconstitutional.
East Coast storm threatens Thanksgiving travel
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A blast of rain and snow along the East Coast is threatening to snarl traffic and disrupt flights for millions of Americans at the start of the long Thanksgiving weekend, traditionally the busiest time of the year for U.S. travel.
Police probe man’s death in area near Ferguson protests
(Reuters) – St. Louis County police said on Wednesday they were investigating the death of a black man found shot and set on fire near an area where rioting erupted after a grand jury did not indict a white policeman in the fatal shooting of a black te…
U.S. FAA proposes requiring fix for Boeing 787 Dreamliner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration proposed on Wednesday requiring a fix for Boeing Co’s 787-8 Dreamliner, following “numerous reports of failures of proximity sensors” on the high-tech plane’s wings.
