U.S. House passes $10.9 billion transportation funding extension
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a $10.9 billion extension of U.S. transportation funding through May 2015, a measure aimed at averting cutbacks in August in federal money for road, bridge and tr…
Pennsylvania boys choir head pleads guilty to child sex assault
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania boys choir director has pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a child and possessing child pornography and faces more than a decade in prison, authorities said on Tuesday.
U.S. woman rescued at sea with family sues satellite phone company
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A U.S. woman rescued with her family from a Pacific Ocean sailboat after her infant daughter became ill has filed suit against her satellite phone company for cutting off service, a move she said led the family to seek an emergenc…
U.S. urges stiff sentences for Britons who recruited for al Qaeda
NEW HAVEN Conn. (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors urged a judge on Tuesday to impose the maximum sentences for two British men who pleaded guilty in December to running a website and distributing publications that promoted violence and raised money for al Q…
U.S. officials purge biosafety board in midst of anthrax crisis
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal officials, amid the worst U.S. biosafety crisis in years, have dismissed 11 eminent scientists from a 23-member panel that advises the government on how and whether research on dangerous pathogens should be condu…
New York’s MTA to publish LIRR offer in newspaper, radio ads Wednesday
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s transit agency will publicize the details of its contract offer to Long Island Rail Road workers in newspaper and radio advertisements on Wednesday, the agency said, in an effort to pressure unions to call off a looming …
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.
