Texas governor renews calls for National Guard at U.S.-Mexico border
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Texas Governor Rick Perry and a key U.S. lawmaker renewed Republican calls on Thursday for National Guard troops to be sent to the U.S.-Mexico border to help stem a surge of Central American nationals entering the United States…
Robbers attack PA gun collectors home, leave with 31 guns
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – Robbers attacked an elderly gun collector in his western Pennsylvania home and escaped with an arsenal of 31 firearms, at least 14 of which are still missing.
Police investigating two possible hate crimes from San Francisco gay pride weekend
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Police are investigating two physical attacks during San Francisco’s gay pride celebration over the weekend as possible hate crimes, an officer said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Motiva Port Arthur refinery reaches throughput milestone – sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The nation’s largest refinery hit a throughput milestone last week, processing 615,000 barrels in one day for the first time since a series of setbacks that followed its $10 billion expansion, sources familiar with operations said.
One dead, three badly hurt in Texas school fireworks explosion
DALLAS (Reuters) – One person was killed and three others severely injured when a truck trailer carrying fireworks for a Fourth of July celebration at a central Texas high school exploded on Thursday as workers prepared the show, a fire official said.
Police release man questioned in New Orleans shootout
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Authorities set free a 20-year-old man on Thursday after questioning him about a weekend shootout on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street that left one person dead and nine others wounded.
Rhode Island governor signs minimum wage increase
(Reuters) – Rhode Island’s Democratic governor, Lincoln Chafee, has signed a bill to increase the state’s minimum wage by $1, to $9 an hour, his office said on Thursday, following similar moves by neighboring New England states.
Boy hit in Arizona target-shooting accident dies
(Reuters) – A 9-year-old boy who was shot in the neck by a bullet ricochet while target shooting in the Arizona desert died on Thursday of his wounds, authorities said.
Dying ex-priest convicted of killing nun denied prison release
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A dying ex-priest convicted of stabbing an Ohio nun to death cannot obtain an early release for his final days, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
New Mexico middle school shooter sentenced to detention until age 21
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – A 13-year-old boy who brought a sawed-off shotgun to his New Mexico middle school and wounded two classmates in January has been sentenced to be held in juvenile detention until age 21, a court official said on Thursday.
