Suspect in killing of U.S. teaching assistant detained in Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The suspect charged in the apparent murder of Erica Faith Hagan, a young U.S. psychologist, should remain in custody while the investigation into the death continues, a Chilean appeals court unanimously ruled on Wednesday.
Florida poll shows Scott and Crist neck and neck in nasty campaign
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – Months of mud-slinging by Florida Governor Rick Scott and former Governor Charlie Crist have made voters distrust both men in a hot race that is too close to call, according to a new poll released Wednesday.
After fire at slain teen’s memorial, protests erupt in Missouri
(Reuters) – Five people were arrested and two police officers injured in renewed violence overnight on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, sparked by a fire that destroyed a shrine to a black teenager killed by a police officer last month.
Chicago O’Hare airport terminal reopens after bomb scare
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 1 was reopened on Wednesday morning after an evacuation that lasted almost two hours while a police bomb squad investigated a report of an unattended bag, police said.
Ex-convict seeking comeback leads race for Providence mayor: poll
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former Providence, Rhode Island, mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, who served five years in prison after being convicted of racketeering, is leading in his bid to reclaim the job he held for 22 of the past 50 years, a poll released on We…
Yale endowment posts 20 percent return, besting rival Harvard
BOSTON (Reuters) – Yale University’s endowment posted a 20.2 percent return in the 2014 fiscal year, the school said on Wednesday, besting Ivy League rivals such as Harvard and Dartmouth.
Massachusetts house where dead babies were found to be razed
BOSTON (Reuters) – Officials in Blackstone, Massachusetts, ordered the owner of a home where a 31-year-old woman was found living with the bodies of three of her dead children to tear the structure down.
Houston jury clears Patti LaBelle’s bodyguards of assault
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A Houston jury cleared bodyguards of Grammy Award-winning singer Patti LaBelle in a lawsuit filed by a former West Point cadet who claimed they beat him so badly he had to drop out of the military academy.
Houston jury clears Patti LaBelle’s bodyguards of assault
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A Houston jury cleared bodyguards of Grammy Award-winning singer Patti LaBelle in a lawsuit filed by a former West Point cadet who claimed they beat him so badly he had to drop out of the military academy.
Exclusive: Oil company rewrites its history, may aid founder’s divorce case
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oil driller Continental Resources Inc has been revising its corporate history in ways that diminish the publicly traded company’s accomplishments under CEO Harold Hamm, part of a legal strategy that might help Hamm avoid the largest divorce award in U.S. history.
