New York man who killed wife and toddlers gets 45 years in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man who stabbed his wife and two toddlers to death with a kitchen knife was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment on Friday, prosecutors said.
Gay marriage advocates target U.S. Supreme Court after loss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gay marriage supporters in four states where bans on same-sex nuptials were upheld by a federal appeals court said on Friday they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the issue, and officials in two of the states vowed to d…
Detroit wins court approval for plan to exit bankruptcy
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit won U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval on Friday for a road map to end its fiscal free fall and revitalize a city sinking under a huge debt load and dysfunctional government.
New UAW president vows to be more open to members, public
DETROIT (Reuters) – As the United Auto Workers faces what many observers say will be the most difficult contract talks with U.S. automakers in decades in 2015, its new president said more open communication with union members and the public will help a…
Alaska TV reporter turned pot activist aims to open Anchorage cannabis club
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Utah man accused of trying to snatch sleeping girl, 5, from bedroom
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Police with search dogs on Friday arrested a Utah man accused of trying to abduct a sleeping 5-year-old girl from her bed in the dead of night in a kidnapping foiled only because the child’s stepfather awakened to the sound o…
Minneapolis mayor denies making gang sign with community organizer
(Reuters) – Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges denied on Friday a report by a local television station that she flashed a gang sign with a community organizer in a photograph taken during a recent get-out-the-vote event.
California man’s body found hanging in tree three weeks later
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A cable repairman looking to relieve himself by the side of the road in Northern California discovered the decomposing body of a man who had been hanging from a tree for about three weeks, authorities said on Friday.
Suspected Connecticut wedding crasher surrenders on theft charge
WESTPORT Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut man has surrendered to police on suspicion he posed as a wedding guest at an exclusive Westport hotel and stole cash and checks given to the newlyweds at the reception.
Georgia sues feds in escalating water wars in U.S. Southeast
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Atlanta’s growing thirst for water prompted Georgia officials on Friday to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a request to tap more deeply into a lake critical to Alabama, the latest salvo in U.S. Southeast water wars also ex…
