At least four dead in truck-car crash south of Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) – At least four people were dead and three more were airlifted to hospitals after a multi-vehicle crash on I-55, a major truck route between St. Louis and Chicago, Illinois State Police said on Monday.
Two men charged with strangling elderly Philadelphia couple
(Reuters) – Two men have been charged with strangling to death an elderly couple at their Philadelphia home after being hired to do work around the house, police said on Monday.
Donated skulls in Washington state lead to more human remains
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Authorities in Washington state were looking for a person who donated three human skulls to a thrift store last month, and said on Monday their pleas for information had instead prompted the handover of yet more human remains.
Israel blocks subpoena in terrorism case over Florida teen’s death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Israel persuaded a U.S. judge not to require a key witness to testify in a case where Bank of China Ltd is accused of supporting terrorism by Palestinian militants, including the 2006 death of an American teenager in a suicide bomb…
Colombia growers see Miami cafe helping revive Juan Valdez brand
MIAMI (Reuters) – Colombian coffee growers, long represented by a fictional farmer named Juan Valdez with a mustache and wide-brimmed hat, opened a namesake coffee shop in downtown Miami on Monday, hoping to re-establish the brand in the high-end U.S. …
Ruling keeps gay marriage ban in effect in Florida Keys
MIAMI (Reuters) – A judge in the Florida Keys on Monday rejected an emergency motion filed by a gay couple hoping to wed, effectively allowing Florida’s same-sex marriage ban to remain in effect while it is appealed, likely all the way to the U.S. Supr…
Missing New Hampshire teenager reunited with mother after nine months
MANCHESTER N.H. (Reuters) – A New Hampshire teenager who disappeared nine months ago, prompting her mother to launch a nationwide search, has returned home, state officials said on Monday, offering no details on what prompted her disappearance.
Black and white are the new orange at a county jail in Michigan
(Reuters) – Black and white are the new orange in a Michigan county where the sheriff has made a wardrobe change for jail inmates after a TV series brought new popularity to the vibrant color associated with prisoners.
Obama says there’s more than one ‘authentic way of being black’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told a group of young black, Hispanic, Native American and Asian men on Monday that they need be proud of their backgrounds and draw strength from their cultures, but ignore people who accuse them of “actin…
Boy found starved in Pennsylvania home, authorities say
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The mother and grandparents of a Pennsylvania boy, who authorities say was starved nearly to death, are facing criminal charges, according to court documents.
