Vikings star Peterson to appear in court on child abuse charge
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Suspended Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is expected to plead not guilty on Wednesday in a Texas court to a felony charge that he injured his son while disciplining him with a thin tree branch in May.
Mother, boyfriend face murder charge after son’s alcohol-related death
(Reuters) – A Vermont mother and her boyfriend were arrested and face murder charges for filling her disabled, 13-year-old son’s IV bag with alcohol, police said.
Son of slain California mayor says mother was ‘defending herself’
(Reuters) – The son of a slain Los Angeles-area mayor told police that his mother was acting in self defense when she shot his father, according to 911 tape released on Tuesday.
U.S. medical workers get crash course on treating Ebola on frontlines
ANNISTON Ala. (Reuters) – Dr. Kwan Kew Lai’s family and colleagues in Boston fear for the safety of the infectious disease physician when she travels to Liberia later this month to treat Ebola patients.
U.S. court to hear appeal over keeping U.S. demands for telecom records secret
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday on whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation can force Internet and telecommunications firms to turn over customer records without revealing the government’s demands…
Air tanker crashes fighting Yosemite National Park wildfire
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An air tanker plane being used to fight a wildfire in Yosemite National Park crashed in flames on Tuesday, killing the pilot, officials for the park and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.
California school voucher backer to head U.S. education reform group
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – The education reform group Students First has named as its president a longtime supporter of school vouchers and loosening tenure protections for public school teachers, the group said on Tuesday.
Rising seas seen causing routine floods in U.S. cities: study
(Reuters) – As sea levels rise, tidal flooding along the U.S. coast is likely to become so common that parts of many communities, including the nation’s capital, could become unusable within three decades, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Twitter engineer, LGBT activist pleads guilty to domestic violence
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A senior Twitter engineer hailed as one of the most important gay or transgender people in the tech industry was sentenced on Tuesday to three years probation after pleading guilty to false imprisonment and domestic violence cha…
FBI asks public to help identify militant in Islamic State video
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI is asking the public to help identify a masked man who speaks in what is believed to be a North American accent in a video that Islamic State militants released last month aimed at Western audiences.
