Mother, adult son killed by commuter train in Oregon
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A commuter train killed a mother and her adult son in Oregon after the man leapt into the woman’s motorized wheelchair and apparently hit the controls, propelling them both onto the tracks, officials said on Monday.
California Marine’s missing wife found slain, neighbor arrested
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The body of a U.S. Marine’s pregnant wife who disappeared in June has been found in a mine shaft, with a former neighbor of the couple arrested for her murder, law enforcement officials said on Monday.
San Diego elected officials override mayor’s minimum wage veto
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The San Diego City Council on Monday overrode the mayor’s veto of a bill to gradually raise the minimum wage in California’s second-largest city to $11.50 an hour by January 2017, enacting a measure aimed mostly at helping low-pai…
Girl plunges 550 feet to her death at Yellowstone National Park
(Reuters) – An 8-year-old girl plunged some 550 feet (168 meters) to her death at Yellowstone National Park on Sunday after stepping off a trail overlooking a 1,200-foot (366-m) canyon and losing her footing, a park official said on Monday.
Advocates urge U.S. top court not to block gay marriage in Virginia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gay marriage supporters on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to block a court ruling that would allow same-sex couples to wed in Virginia.
Small plane from Florida crashes off Bahamas, four missing
MIAMI (Reuters) – The United States Coast Guard is searching for four missing people after a small plane that took off from Florida crashed Monday morning in the ocean near the western Bahamas.
Mississippi suspect accused of shooting man over mixed-race grandkids
(Reuters) – A Mississippi man charged with shooting and beating his mother’s boyfriend has been accused of carrying out the attack in anger over the victim’s mixed-race grandchildren, police said on Monday.
Jury selection starts for Texas teacher charged with killing boy with car
DALLAS (Reuters) – Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a former Texas school teacher accused of killing a 6-year-old boy in a 2013 hit-and-run accident who was arrested after a much publicized, nearly week-long manhunt.
California flight stowaway released from jail after three days
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A woman with a history of sneaking aboard commercial flights was released from a Los Angeles County jail after serving only three days of a six-month sentence because of overcrowding in the lockup, authorities said on Monday.
$150 million convention center eyed for North Dakota oil patch
WILLISTON (Reuters) – A subsidiary of real estate developer The Prime Group Inc said on Monday it plans to build a $150 million convention center in Williston, North Dakota, aiming to supply a world-class meeting space for the fast-growing oil boom com…
