Serial flight stowaway from California arrested in Arizona
(Reuters) – A serial airplane stowaway recently released from jail in California was arrested in Arizona on Tuesday on charges of criminal trespass for lingering at the Phoenix airport without a ticket, police said.
Colorado governor defends death sentence comment as ‘hypothetical’
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper said on Tuesday that he was responding to a hypothetical question when he raised the possibility of granting clemency to the state’s longest-serving death row inmate should he lose his re-election …
Official proposes turning Houston Astrodome into indoor park
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A commissioner in the Texas county that is home to the Houston Astrodome wants to turn what was once described as the “Eighth Wonder of the World” into a huge indoor park.
Surf’s up: Hurricane Marie sends big waves to Southern California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Waves up to 15 feet (4.5 meters) high generated by a Pacific Ocean hurricane will hammer Southern California beaches in coming days, creating dangerous conditions for beachgoers and threatening coastal flooding, meteorologists s…
USC to vet football player’s rescue story after doubts: coach
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The University of Southern California plans to vet the story of how one of its football players injured himself rescuing a young nephew from a swimming pool after it received calls questioning the account, head coach Steve Sarki…
Impasse over Kurdish tanker near Texas to drag on, more tussles likely: source
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A tanker loaded with $100 million of Kurdish crude oil cannot be delivered in Texas soon because of risks for buyers as Iraq mulls further legal challenges, so a month-long standoff will drag on, a source close to the matter said on…
With Lady Luck no longer at its side, Revel casino details closure plan
(Reuters) – As hopes for a last-minute buyer dim, Atlantic City’s Revel casino has laid out its closure plans, from disposing of opened bottles of alcohol to cashing unredeemed poker chips.
Suspect in L.A. killings investigated for ties to other shootings
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of committing three apparently random shotgun slayings within a single hour on Sunday is also under investigation for possible ties to several other shootings in recent months, police s…
Harrisburg, Penn. treasurer allegedly embezzled from nonprofit
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – The treasurer of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital city which nearly went bankrupt three years ago, on Tuesday was accused by prosecutors of embezzling from a nonprofit organization he ran.
California quake warning system delayed by lack of funding
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – A system to provide early warnings of earthquakes such as the one which shook California’s wine country this week is planned and ready to go, but two years after the scientific work finished, the funding is still being lin…
