Man gets life sentences for killing two Tennessee postal workers
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – A former Tennessee corrections officer was sentenced on Tuesday to consecutive life terms for killing two postal workers during a months-long crime spree in which he teamed up with his son for a series of armed robberies and…
New Jersey teacher, 98, convicted in spy case, seeks to clear name
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 98-year-old retired New Jersey math teacher implicated in a Cold War atomic espionage case has asked a U.S. judge to throw out her 1950 conviction and fix a McCarthy-era “miscarriage of justice” of which she is the last surviving…
U.S. Pacific Northwest grain handlers, union reach tentative deal
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Unionized port workers and a group of Pacific Northwest grain companies reached a tentative contract agreement, according to an announcement on Tuesday, a deal that will soon ease a backlog of shipments from the biggest U.S. West Co…
Four plead not guilty in California to beating Chinese student to death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Four teenagers pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to the fatal beating of a Chinese graduate student near his Los Angeles apartment several blocks from the University of Southern California.
U.S. judge upholds Maryland ban on assault weapons
ANNAPOLIS Md. (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday upheld Maryland’s gun control law, which includes a ban on assault rifles and a limit on magazine size, according to court documents.
Three bodies found on Mount Rainier near where climbers vanished
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Three bodies have been discovered on Mount Rainier near where six hikers disappeared while trying to summit Washington state’s highest peak in May, the National Park Service said on Tuesday.
U.S. appeals court questions San Jose bid for Oakland A’s
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court appeared skeptical on Tuesday about the city of San Jose, California’s attempt to win a court order allowing the Oakland A’s baseball team to move to Silicon Valley.
Officer testifies about interviewing Virginia first lady at corruption trial
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – A state police investigator testified on Tuesday at the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife that he interviewed the first lady about two checks from the business executive at the center of…
Boeing-Sikorsky team, Bell selected for U.S. helicopter program
(Reuters) – A team of Boeing Co and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp and Textron Inc’s Bell Helicopter have been selected to build prototypes of a multi-role vertical-lift aircraft as part of the U.S. Army’s plan to replace thousands of helicopters.
U.S. says reopening New Mexico nuclear waste dump is top priority
(Reuters) – An underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico where operations were suspended after a radiation leak is of crucial importance to the United States and its reopening is a top priority for the Energy Department, the head of the agency said….
