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.
New U.S. migrant detention center to be run by firm criticized by advocates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials on Tuesday announced plans to open a detention facility to house migrant Central American women and children which will be run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a company that has been criticized by civi…
White House gets second barrier after fence jumping
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A second fence has been erected along part of the White House grounds, pushing tourists and passersby farther away after a fence jumper got into the executive mansion.
Smoldering fire at Los Angeles port stops container traffic
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Thick smoke from a smoldering fire started by a welder’s torch at the Port of Los Angeles was preventing the movement of containers at the facility on Tuesday, because the foul air was too harmful for dock workers, officials sai…
Man charged with buying Texas school board votes with cocaine
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A campaign manager working in the south Texas town of Donna has been charged with buying votes in a school board election by paying voters with cash and cocaine, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Connecticut man arrested after driving stolen car to meeting with cops
NEW HAVEN Conn. (Reuters) – A 26-year-old Connecticut man was in police custody on Tuesday after showing up to a phony probation meeting driving a car that police say he stole from a woman in a supermarket parking lot and later may have used to rob a b…
