Anti-abortion display OK’d for Independence Mall in Philadelphia
HARRISBURG Pa (Reuters) – An anti-abortion group has secured a permit to erect a video screen near the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, a popular destination for young schoolchildren, to show images of aborted fetuses this week, the U.S. National Park Ser…
Dallas Cowboys’ Randle arrested for suspected cologne theft
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle has been arrested and charged with shoplifting a bottle of Gucci Guilty Black cologne and Polo underwear from a department store, police in the Dallas suburb of Frisco said on Tuesday.
American killed by camel at Mexico beach resort
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A 60-year-old American was killed by a camel which escaped from its pen and attacked him at a wildlife center he owned in the Mexican beach resort of Tulum, local emergency services said on Tuesday.
Friend of accused Boston bomber used pot early in day: witness
BOSTON (Reuters) – A friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber began smoking marijuana early on the day of his visit to the suspect’s college dorm room, which prosecutors have charged him with lying about, a witness testified on Tuesday.
Supreme Court leaves California foie gras ban intact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a victory for animal rights activists, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed California to continue to ban foie gras, a delicacy produced from the enlarged livers of ducks and geese that have been force-fed corn.
$1 million bail set for Massachusetts woman found living with dead babies
UXBRIDGE Mass. (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge on Tuesday ordered a 31-year-old woman found living last month with the bodies of three dead infants in a rodent-infested house held on $1 million cash bail.The woman, Erika Murray, was arrested last month and charged with fetal death concealment, witness intimidation and animal cruelty after state officials removed four living children, ranging in age from 3 months to 13 years, from the house where they had been living in Blackstone, Massachusett
Boy, 10, charged in killing of woman, 90, in Pennsylvania
EAST STROUDSBURG Pa. (Reuters) – A 10-year-old boy was held without bail on Tuesday after being charged as an adult in the killing of a 90-year-old woman who was held down with a walking stick and beaten at her caretaker’s Pennsylvania home.
Supreme Court justices chew on teeth-whitening dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court may have bitten off more than it can chew in a North Carolina case about whether the state dental board has the authority to regulate teeth-whitening services, with the justices appearing unsure how to rule…
U.S. should stump up billions to curb Central America migration: Perez
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – The United States should provide billions of dollars to help Central American nations curb the flow of illegal migrants, Guatemalan President Otto Perez said, and his government warns the problem will get worse if Washington …
Gonzalo to become major hurricane over open Atlantic waters on Tuesday
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Gonzalo is expected to become a major hurricane on Tuesday as it moves over the open Atlantic waters and swirls away from the northern Caribbean islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.