No charges yet in shooting death of suburban Los Angeles mayor
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – No charges have been filed so far in the shooting death of the mayor of the small Los Angeles suburb of Bell Gardens, a day after his wife opened fire on him during a heated argument at their condominium, authorities said on Wed…
Semi-nude truck passenger involved in Florida school bus crash
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – Investigators in North Florida were trying Wednesday to figure out whether a nearly naked woman riding in a log truck was a factor in a Monday crash that sent seven children and three adults to the hospital.
Pennsylvania investigates death of trooper shot during training
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – An investigation is underway into the death of a 26-year-old Pennsylvania trooper who was shot and killed at a training facility in suburban Philadelphia, the state police commissioner said on Wednesday.
White House fence jumper pleads not guilty in September 19 breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Iraq war veteran accused in the September 19 breach of the White House pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in federal court.
Texas court upholds dismissal of ex-House leader DeLay’s convictions
(Reuters) – A Texas court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of money-laundering and conspiracy convictions against former U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
Exclusive: For most Americans, spanking is OK, implements are not – Reuters/Ipsos poll
(Reuters) – Nearly seven in 10 Americans believe spanking a child is acceptable at home and a majority say corporal punishment is tolerable provided it does not involve implements such as the one a National Football League star used on his son, a Reute…
U.S. parents who ferried children to Cuba agree to jail time
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – A U.S. couple face a decade or longer in jail after pleading guilty this week to kidnapping their two young sons in Florida last year, then fleeing by sailboat to Cuba with the family dog.
Second U.S. university cuts ties with China’s Confucius Institute
(Reuters) – A second major U.S. university in a week is severing ties with China’s government-funded Confucius Institute, which critics call a propaganda arm wrapped in culture and language education.
New York transit authority sued for denying anti-Islamic bus ad
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An anti-Islam group filed a civil rights lawsuit against New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Wednesday for refusing to run a so-called “Hamas Killing Jews” advertisement on city busses, the group’s attorn…
Participants in Detroit pension borrowing knew debt sale was ‘iffy’: city lawyer
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit’s controversial sale of $1.4 billion of pension debt, which has become one of the biggest disputes in the city’s historic bankruptcy case, involved risks known to all the parties in the transaction, an attorney for the city …
