Phoenix Suns P.J. Tucker gets jail time for drunk driving in Arizona: attorney
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Phoenix Suns basketball forward P.J. Tucker was sentenced on Monday to three days in jail and 11 days of house arrest after pleading guilty to “super extreme” drunk driving in Arizona, one of his attorneys said.
Colorado girl, three, shot by 5-year-old boy wielding handgun
DENVER (Reuters) – A 3-year-old Colorado girl was shot and critically wounded by a 5-year-old boy on Monday with a handgun belonging to her mother’s boyfriend, police said.
White supremacist gets life in prison after U.S. West Coast killing spree
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A white supremacist convicted of killing two people during a bloody three-state road trip on the U.S. West Coast was sentenced on Monday to two life sentences by a federal judge in Portland, Oregon, the Justice Department said…
Hurricane Bertha expected to weaken on Tuesday: NHC
(Reuters) – Bertha, the second hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic season, is expected to weaken on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Monday.
Medicare raises U.S. hospital payment rates for FY2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Monday that it will increase the operating payments that acute-care and long-term care hospitals receive from Medicare for inpatient care for the federal fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1.
Jodi Arias to represent self in Arizona death penalty sentencing retrial
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona judge agreed on Monday to allow convicted murder Jodi Arias to represent herself during a sentencing retrial to determine if she will face the death penalty for killing her ex-boyfriend in 2008, a court spokesman said.
California community stumped by mystery animal caught on videotape
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Officials in a Southern California city are trying to identify an animal caught in grainy black-and-white video footage moving quietly through a residential neighborhood, saying the beast does not appear to be a dog or a mountai…
Presbyterian church in Arizona offers sanctuary to undocumented migrant
TUCSON Ariz. (Reuters) – For the second time since May, an Arizona Presbyterian church with a long history of sheltering Central American refugees is offering sanctuary to an undocumented immigrant who faces deportation, its pastor said on Monday.
Second Ebola patient headed to U.S.; N.Y. tests possible victim
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The second American aid worker who contracted the Ebola virus in West Africa is expected to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday in serious condition, while a New York hospital is testing a man with symptoms of the deadly disease.
Washington state mother pleads not guilty in death of toddler
(Reuters) – A Washington state woman locked in a custody battle pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of murdering her toddler and badly wounding her teenage daughter in an Oregon hotel room, court officials said.
