Life in Virginia executive mansion probed in corruption trial
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – Prosecutors in the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife Maureen probed their personal life on Wednesday, with an ex-aide saying the first lady had wanted more time with her husband and yell…
Search for missing Washington girl enters third day with few clues
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Authorities in Washington state said on Wednesday they had searched homes, trash bins and the woods surrounding the mobile home park of a missing 6-year-old girl but remain uncertain whether she may have been abducted.
Donald Trump sues to strip his name from NJ casinos in ‘disrepair’
(Reuters) – Donald Trump wants his name taken off two Atlantic City, New Jersey, casinos he founded but no longer controls, saying in a lawsuit that they have become so dilapidated that they damage his brand image.
New York City subway cars fumigated after bedbug sightings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three New York City subway trains had to be fumigated after riders and staff spotted bedbugs in the cars, a transit spokesman said on Wednesday.
Grand jury indicts three New Mexico teens for murdering homeless men
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – A grand jury has indicted three Albuquerque teens for first degree murder in the beating deaths of two homeless American Indian men, which shocked New Mexico’s biggest city.
District of Columbia legal pot measure heads for November ballot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An initiative to legalize marijuana possession in the District of Columbia was cleared on Wednesday for a Nov. 4 vote in the U.S. capital, an election board spokeswoman said.
Kansas Republican senator Roberts fights off Tea Party challenger
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) – Veteran Republican Senator Pat Roberts fought off a Kansas primary challenge by a Tea Party-backed doctor who had promised a “family feud” with his distant relative President Barack Obama if elected, results on Wednesday sho…
Florida same-sex marriage ban declared unconstitutional in fourth ruling
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – A south Florida judge on Tuesday became the fourth in recent weeks to strike down the state’s same-sex marriage ban, in a case involving the estate of a gay man who owned property in Florida.
Missouri killer executed, scrutiny high after Arizona
(Reuters) – Missouri officials executed convicted killer Michael Worthington on Wednesday despite calls for caution after a problematic execution in Arizona last month, when a condemned prisoner took more than an hour to die.
Missouri killer executed after Supreme Court denies stay applications
(Reuters) – Missouri officials executed on Wednesday a man convicted of murder for the rape and strangling of a woman in 1995, in the first lethal injection after a prisoner took more than an hour to die in Arizona last month, a state official said.
