Thieves steal air conditioners from rural Tennessee churches
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – Thieves have been stealing central air conditioning units from rural Tennessee churches during a scorching summer heat wave, and they’ll face hell fire for eternity if they’re not caught here on earth, a church official said…
San Antonio makes history as it names black woman mayor
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – San Antonio’s city council elected Ivy Taylor the new mayor of the seventh most populous U.S. city, making the Yale graduate the first African American to hold the post.
Fourth bacterial infection death reported at South Carolina hospital
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – A patient who contracted a rare bacterial infection during surgery at a South Carolina hospital died last week, bringing the total deaths to four since the outbreak was first suspected in May, a hospital spokeswoman said on …
Groups file complaint against Texas city that banned refugee housing
(Reuters) – Immigration rights groups filed a federal complaint on Tuesday against a Texas city they said violated civil rights laws by placing a ban on housing and processing facilities for Central Americans seeking refugee status after fleeing violen…
NY judge throws out lawsuit by Empire State Building investors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state judge has thrown out a lawsuit in which longtime investors in the Empire State Building claimed they were shortchanged out of hundreds of millions of dollars by the real estate magnates who took the iconic skyscrap…
Jury to weigh murder in pig mask stabbing of ‘messy’ ex-wife
MORRISTOWN N.J. (Reuters) – A prosecutor on Tuesday held up the rubber pig mask found on the face of a woman stabbed 84 times and told the jury in the murder trial of the victim’s ex-husband it showed his contempt for the woman he called a messy housek…
Paterno’s son and other ex-coach sue Penn State for lost careers
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – Two former assistant football coaches at Penn State University, including the son of disgraced former head coach Joe Paterno, are suing the school for actions they say wrecked their careers in the wake of the child sex-abuse …
Ohio man sentenced to 30 years for enslaving woman, child
CLEVELAND Ohio (Reuters) – An Ohio man convicted of enslaving a mentally disabled woman and her young daughter for nearly two years was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Tuesday, according to a federal prosecutor’s office.
Donut capers stymie police in Oregon
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Police in a Portland suburb have a sticky situation on their hands: for more than a month, mysterious vandals have been smearing pastries on cars, depositing donuts in lawns and leaving cakes strewn about the streets.
Tennessee man arrested for threatening to kill Obama, others
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – A Tennessee man who threatened to kill President Barack Obama and other politicians in expletive-laced voicemails will appear in court this week, officials said on Tuesday.
