Two former Utah attorneys general charged with corruption
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – FBI agents arrested two former Utah attorneys general at their homes on Tuesday and charged them with felonies stemming from a two-year investigation into claims of bribery and corruption, prosecutors said.
Atheist to open meeting in N.Y. town at center of prayer case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An atheist will deliver the first non-religious invocation at a town board meeting in Greece, New York, on Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the town’s practice of opening its meetings with a Christian prayer …
Connecticut man accused of stabbing watermelon as threat to wife
(Reuters) – A Connecticut man faces charges of threatening his wife after stabbing a large butcher’s knife through a watermelon and leaving it on the kitchen table for her to see, authorities said on Tuesday.
Half brothers fight over lottery winnings in Pennsylvania court
CARLISLE Pa. (Reuters) – Two estranged half brothers faced off on Tuesday in a Pennsylvania court in a fight over a winning million-dollar lottery ticket.
Former New Orleans Mayor Nagin to appeal bribery conviction
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who led the city during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison in a corruption case, filed a notice on Tuesday that he will appeal his conviction on briber…
Government report finds 2.3 percent of Americans gay or bisexual
(Reuters) – U.S. government data released on Tuesday showed that 2.3 percent of American adults are either gay or bisexual and that these men and women more often reported serious anxiety and having self-destructive habits than their straight peers.
U.S. court sides with Chinese firm in dispute with Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday delivered a surprising rebuke to U.S. President Barack Obama, saying he deprived a small Chinese-owned company of its right to due process when he squashed its bid to build wind farms near a U.S…
Ex-Minnesota governor was rolling on ground-Navy SEAL
ST. PAUL Minn. (Reuters) – A Navy SEAL told a court on Tuesday he saw former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura on his back outside a bar in 2006, although he did not see if he had been struck by a former Navy SEAL accused of fabricating an altercation w…
California drought expected to cost state $2.2 billion in losses
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California’s drought is expected to cost the state an estimated $2.2 billion this year, along with a loss of more than 17,000 jobs, as farmers are forced to fallow some valuable crops, a report by scientists at the University of California in Davis showed on Tuesday.
Man killed in front of son in California freeway shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A blast of gunfire killed an automobile mechanic and wounded a cousin who was driving him home from work as their teenage sons sat behind the two men in a Southern California freeway shooting that has left police searching for s…
