Florida voter drive seeks to motivate state’s youth vote
ORLANDO (Reuters) – The Dream Defenders, a student-led group that garnered national attention for occupying the Florida governor’s office in 2013 to protest the state’s self-defense law, kicked off a campaign on Tuesday to get younger voters to the pol…
Firefighter critically injured after truck rolled over at Oakland Airport
(Reuters) – An accident at California’s Oakland International Airport on Tuesday left a firefighter in critical condition but did not affect flights or airport operations, officials said.
Las Vegas man gets prison time for reality TV shooting incident
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A Las Vegas man involved in a 2011 shooting incident with the crew of reality TV show “Repo Games” was sentenced on Tuesday to 90 days in prison and five years of probation, his lawyer said.
Calif. prosecutors: Informant claims should not derail death penalty case
SANTA ANA Calif. (Reuters) – Prosecutors seeking the death penalty against a former tugboat worker who killed eight people in a 2011 shooting rampage at a California hair salon asked a judge on Monday to cut off further inquiry into his claims of misco…
University of Oregon suspends basketball players accused of rape
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Three University of Oregon basketball players who were accused of raping a classmate but have not been criminally charged have been suspended from the school for as long as their accuser continues to be enrolled there, her att…
Arizona couple accused of child abuse plead not guilty
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona couple accused of repeatedly beating their two adopted daughters and leaving them severely malnourished pleaded not guilty on Monday to child abuse charges, court officials said.
Would-be creditors seek dump trucks, nuclear research from bankrupt Detroit
(Reuters) – As if it’s not bad enough that Detroit acknowledges it owes its creditors $18 billion, another batch of would-be creditors says the city owes them much more, for garbage trucks worth $150 million to nuclear research materials valued at an a…
Montana judge tells fast-food worker to get a ‘real job’
(Reuters) – A Montana judge facing censure for suggesting a teenage girl was partly to blame for being raped by a teacher came under scrutiny again after he asked a man convicted of vandalism why he didn’t get a “real job” instead of working at a fast-food chain.
KFC says story of scarred girl asked to leave was hoax
(Reuters) – A story involving a disfigured 3-year-old Mississippi girl whose family said they were asked to leave a KFC restaurant because her appearance was scaring customers, has been found to be a hoax, according to a spokesman for the fried chicken…
Connecticut mechanic smashes customer’s rare Ferrari
(Reuters) – A mechanic driving a customer’s extremely rare Ferrari sports car wrecked it on a Connecticut highway, state police said on Tuesday.
