U.S. appeals court challenges states on gay marriage bans
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in Chicago appeared ready to strike down gay marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin after vigorously challenging the two states’ attorneys at a hearing on Tuesday.
Four college students killed in fiery Ohio plane crash
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Four Ohio college students were killed late Monday in a fiery plane crash near a Cleveland-area airport, investigators and college officials said on Tuesday.
Lightning strike kills police dog in Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – A lightning strike apparently killed a police dog in northern Florida after the animal was left in a kennel during a thunderstorm, the local police department said on Tuesday.
Dozens search Idaho mountains for missing Montana college student
SALMON Idaho (Reuters) – Dozens of sheriffs deputies and volunteers combed the rugged canyon lands and whitewater rivers of central Idaho on Tuesday searching for a Montana college student who vanished one week ago while driving to Montana from Idaho.
Ohio appoints special prosecutor for fatal police shooting at Walmart
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio’s attorney general said on Tuesday he has assigned a prosecutor with experience in police-involved shootings to investigate the death of a man shot while holding a BB gun at a Dayton-area Walmart.
New York teen gets five to 15 years in fatal drugged driving crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York teenager was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison on Tuesday, a month after he admitted he had been high on marijuana when he smashed his car into a tree, killing four of his friends, said a spokesman for the Nassau C…
Dispute over gadget that blocks seat reclining diverts flight to Chicago
(Reuters) – A midair argument between two airline passengers over the use of a device that stops the seat in front from reclining caused a Newark-Denver flight to be diverted to Chicago over the weekend, airline and police officials said on Tuesday.
Four dead in apparent murder-suicide in Tulsa
(Reuters) – Two adults and two children from Guatemala were shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, apartment, police said on Tuesday.
Water shutoffs to resume in Detroit for unpaid bills
DETROIT (Reuters) – Controversial water shutoffs in Detroit will resume on Tuesday after a month-long moratorium to allow delinquent customers to catch up with past due bills, city officials said.
U.S. scientist pleads guilty to taking government laptop to China
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – A former scientist at a U.S. government-owned nuclear weapons research facility in New Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to illegally taking a lab-owned computer to China and lying about it, a U.S. prosecutor…
