U.S. judge blocks Pennsylvania’s execution of immigration lawyer
(Reuters) – A federal judge has issued a stay of execution for an immigration lawyer convicted of killing five people in racially motivated attacks outside of Pittsburgh in 2000, a spokesman for Pennsylvania’s governor said on Wednesday.
N.Y. school evacuated after ‘odorless gas’ makes students vomit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A school in New York City’s suburbs was evacuated on Wednesday after an unknown gas caused students and teachers to vomit in the dining room, according to the local mayor’s office.
Officials erred in reporting voter spike in Missouri suburb where teen was shot
(Reuters) – A reported spike in voter registration numbers in Ferguson, Missouri, since the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer was the result of an error by election officers, state officials said on Wednesday.
Officials erred in reporting voter spike in Missouri suburb where teen was shot
(Reuters) – A reported spike in voter registration numbers in Ferguson, Missouri, since the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer was the result of an error by election officers, state officials said on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania police say sniper’s journal shows ‘true evil exists’
BLOOMING GROVE Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania police have found a journal describing in chilling detail the ambush that killed a state trooper and wounded another nearly four weeks ago at a barracks in the Poconos Mountains, officials said on Wednesday.
New Mexico police probe claims girls videotaped in locker-room
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – New Mexico state police are investigating allegations that members of a high school football team secretly videotaped the girls’ volleyball team as they changed in an adjacent locker room, authorities said on Wednesday.
Florida investigating new female prison inmate death
TALLAHASSEE Fla (Reuters) – Florida is investigating the death of a female inmate, the latest in a series of prisoner deaths that have raised questions about state prison safety, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
U.S. justice grants Idaho’s request to block gay marriage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy granted a request from Idaho officials on Wednesday and temporarily blocked the planned start of gay marriages in that state after a regional federal appeals court’s ruling striking down…
Texas deputies find $2 million in marijuana plants in house near Houston
(Reuters) – Sheriff’s deputies who were checking a report that the electricity of a Houston-area home had been tampered with found nearly $2 million worth of marijuana plants in the house, authorities said on Wednesday.
Autistic boy’s hazing by soccer teammates probed in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – Police and school officials on Wednesday were investigating an alleged hazing incident in which two members of a high school soccer team are accused of tying an autistic teammate to a goal post with duct tape for more than 20…
