Luxury Texas home dangling from cliff after land gives way
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A luxury $800,000 Texas home perched on a lakeside bluff was poised to plunge into the water below on Wednesday after the ground under its foundation eroded and left it precariously balanced on a decaying cliff.
Kayaker who tried to reach Hawaii ‘lucky to be alive’: Coast Guard
(Reuters) – A man who had to be rescued far from the Californian coast after attempting to kayak almost 2,400 miles (3,860 km) to Hawaii is “very lucky to be alive,” the Coast Guard said.
Convicted U.S. child killer owes $15 million to child’s mother: lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A disbarred attorney convicted of killing his illegally adopted daughter in one of New York’s most notorious child abuse cases has not paid any of the $15 million restitution he owes the girl’s birth mother, according to a lawsuit….
Truck driver in Tracy Morgan ‘drowsy driving’ crash due in court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Georgia truck driver accused of causing a fatal car crash on a New Jersey highway that critically injured comedian Tracy Morgan was due in court on Wednesday to face charges of vehicular homicide while driving with too little sle…
Massachusetts’ Cape Cod beaches to ban smoking
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ famous beaches on Cape Cod will ban smoking at all lifeguard-protected areas beginning next week, a move that officials said followed complaints from visitors to the popular resort area.
Wisconsin girls accused in ‘Slenderman’ stabbing to appear in court
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls accused of luring a friend into the woods and stabbing her 19 times to please a fictional Internet character are expected to appear in court on Wednesday for a scheduling hearing, according to prose…
One student, gunman dead after Oregon high school shooting
TROUTDALE Ore. (Reuters) – A gunman walked into an Oregon high school gym with a rifle and shot a student to death on Tuesday before he was found dead in a bathroom stall, in the third outbreak of gun violence to shake a U.S. high school or college cam…
Second man convicted in football star Sean Taylor’s killing
(Reuters) – A Florida jury convicted a second man on Tuesday in connection with the 2007 murder of Washington Redskins football star Sean Taylor during a botched burglary at his Miami-area home, local media said.
Workers safe after explosions, fire rock Montana wood-products plant
(Reuters) – Explosions and a fire engulfed a Montana wood-products plant owned by Plum Creek Timber Co on Tuesday but all workers were accounted for and no injuries were reported, an emergency official said.
Mexican immigrant who sought sanctuary in church can stay in U.S
TUCSON Ariz. (Reuters) – A Mexican immigrant who took refuge in an Arizona church to avoid deportation from a country where he has lived illegally for over a decade and raised a family can stay in the United States, a federal official said on Tuesday.
