Two dead in helicopter crash in Alabama
(Reuters) – Two people died when a helicopter crashed on Tuesday during a flight to inspect power lines in rural western Alabama, authorities said.
Man charged with murder in killing of U.S. Marine’s pregnant wife
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Southern California filed murder charges on Tuesday against a man suspected of killing a U.S. Marine’s pregnant wife and dumping the 19-year-old woman’s body down a mine shaft, authorities said.
Accused bitcoin exchanger loses bid to narrow criminal charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Florida man accused of engaging in a scheme to sell more than $1 million in bitcoins to users of the illicit online marketplace Silk Road on Tuesday lost a bid to narrow his criminal case.
Climber proposes to girlfriend before falling to death at Yosemite: report
(Reuters) – A veteran outdoorsman fell to his death on a solo climb at Yosemite National Park in California the same day he proposed to his girlfriend, a newspaper reported.
Beloved New York bar wins reprieve from wrecking ball
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Owners of the 77-year-old Subway Inn, a New York bar where celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio once mingled, won a court order on Tuesday temporarily blocking their imminent eviction from the site, the business said.
Calpers set to allow 100 extra pay types count toward pensions
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers), America’s largest public pension fund, is expected to approve nearly 100 types of extra pay on Wednesday that will count toward how pensions are calculated for newly …
Funeral planned for Missouri teen shot by police as clashes persist
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – Funeral services are planned on Monday for an unarmed black teenager whose fatal shooting by a white policeman in Missouri has ignited more than a week of racially charged clashes in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.
U.S. government’s nuclear watchdog victim of cyber attacks: report
BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission was “successfully hacked” three times in recent years in attacks involving tainted emails, according to an internal investigation on cyber attacks at the agency, Nextgov.com reported on Tuesday….
Islamic State says beheads U.S. journalist
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State insurgents who control territory in Iraq and Syria released a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley, who had gone missing in Syria nearly two years ago.
Virginia woman pleads guilty of trying to cut off children’s tattoos
(Reuters) – A Virginia woman who tried to remove tattoos on her two young daughters with a heated razor blade has pleaded guilty to felony child abuse, according to court records.
