Texas’ Perry to fight indictment, casting shadow on possible 2016 run
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Texas Governor Rick Perry will vigorously fight a two-count felony indictment returned by a state grand jury last week charging him with abuse of power, his lawyers said on Monday, calling the prosecution “outrageous.”
Small plane from Florida crashes off Bahamas, four dead
MIAMI (Reuters) – Four people died after their small plane crashed in the sea off the island of Grand Bahama on Monday, according to Bahamian officials.
Missouri governor lifts Ferguson curfew as National Guard called in
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – Missouri Governor Jay Nixon lifted the curfew for the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson on Monday and began deploying National Guard troops to help quell days of rioting and looting spurred by the fatal shooting of a black unarmed t…
Oklahoma suspends top freshman running back for entire season
(Reuters) – Oklahoma Sooner freshman running back Joe Mixon, one of the school’s top recruits in 2014, was suspended on Monday for the entire college football season after being accused of assaulting a woman, local media said.
Mother, adult son killed by commuter train in Oregon
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A commuter train killed a mother and her adult son in Oregon after the man leapt into the woman’s motorized wheelchair and apparently hit the controls, propelling them both onto the tracks, officials said on Monday.
California Marine’s missing wife found slain, neighbor arrested
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The body of a U.S. Marine’s pregnant wife who disappeared in June has been found in a mine shaft, with a former neighbor of the couple arrested for her murder, law enforcement officials said on Monday.
San Diego elected officials override mayor’s minimum wage veto
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The San Diego City Council on Monday overrode the mayor’s veto of a bill to gradually raise the minimum wage in California’s second-largest city to $11.50 an hour by January 2017, enacting a measure aimed mostly at helping low-pai…
Girl plunges 550 feet to her death at Yellowstone National Park
(Reuters) – An 8-year-old girl plunged some 550 feet (168 meters) to her death at Yellowstone National Park on Sunday after stepping off a trail overlooking a 1,200-foot (366-m) canyon and losing her footing, a park official said on Monday.
Advocates urge U.S. top court not to block gay marriage in Virginia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gay marriage supporters on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to block a court ruling that would allow same-sex couples to wed in Virginia.
Small plane from Florida crashes off Bahamas, four missing
MIAMI (Reuters) – The United States Coast Guard is searching for four missing people after a small plane that took off from Florida crashed Monday morning in the ocean near the western Bahamas.
