Woman bound in trunk of Los Angeles area car rescued after calling 911
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A woman bound in the trunk of her car in the Los Angeles area managed to call emergency responders on a cell phone to say she had been kidnapped, and was rescued with the help of a GPS tracker, an official said on Tuesday.
Obama’s Syria war carries risks for him at home and abroad
UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Appearing relaxed enough to crack a joke, U.S. President Barack Obama took to the world stage on Tuesday after launching airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State militants but he is still facing huge political ris…
Pennsylvania police pull back near home of ambush suspect’s parents
CANADENSIS Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania police on Tuesday re-opened blockaded roads in the immediate vicinity of the house where the suspect in a fatal ambush of a state trooper lived until recently, scaling back a massive manhunt in the dense forests …
U.S. security officials issue bulletin on Syria-based threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. security agencies issued an intelligence bulletin on Tuesday about threats from Syria-based al Qaeda operatives, a Homeland Security spokeswoman said.
Nine Cubans arrive on south Florida beach after 10 days in boat
KEY BISCAYNE Fla. (Reuters) – Nine Cubans came ashore in a homemade boat on a south Florida beach on Tuesday afternoon saying they had been at sea for 10 days, according to eyewitnesses.
Trial starts for Texas woman accused of ‘black widow’ murder
FORT WORTH Texas (Reuters) – Prosecutors told a Texas court a woman shot her husband dead for insurance money and then launched a plot to frame someone else for the crime, as testimony started on Tuesday in a cased dubbed the “black widow” murder.
New York politicians criticize anti-Islam ads due to run on buses
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City politicians and religious leaders on Tuesday criticized a series of anti-Islam advertisements due to appear on 100 city buses, with many critics calling for the campaign to be blocked.
Drop in income tax collections depressed state revenue: Census
DETROIT (Reuters) – A surprisingly large decline in U.S. states’ income tax collections helped depress state revenue for the entire second quarter, U.S. Census data released on Tuesday showed.
Pennsylvania to award one contract to rebuild hundreds of bridges
(Reuters) – It will be winner takes all under an initiative in Pennsylvania to rebuild more than 500 aging bridges via the award of a single contract, part of a national blitz to replace crumbling infrastructure.
Utah man pleads guilty to hate crime for threatening interracial family
(Reuters) – An elderly Utah man pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge on Tuesday for threatening to kill two white members of an interracial family if they did not make an African American relative leave their home, prosecutors said.
