Dropout charged in Connecticut college bomb threat appears in court
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – A college dropout accused of calling in bomb threats to a commencement ceremony in Connecticut to keep her family from learning she was not graduating made her first court appearance on Monday since her arrest and arraignment …
Teen accused of Pennsylvania school stabbing waives preliminary hearing
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The teen accused of a stabbing spree at a Pittsburgh-area high school in April that injured 20 students and a security guard waived his preliminary hearing on Monday and is headed for trial on charges of attempted murder, accor…
Envelope with white powder prompts scare at Minnesota governor’s mansion
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Two employees at the Minnesota governor’s mansion were decontaminated as a precaution on Monday after staff members opened a letter and found a small amount of white powder, a state spokesman said.
Accused Boston bomber friend: Didn’t feel free during questioning
BOSTON (Reuters) – A friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber charged with interfering with the investigation into the blasts said on Monday he had no idea he could have walked away from hours of questioning four days after the attack.
Man plotted to kill returning U.S. soldiers, government says
BROCKPORT N.Y. (Reuters) – The owner of a western New York food market faced accusations in court on Monday that he illegally bought guns to shoot and kill members of the U.S. military returning from Iraq, according to official documents.
Texas gun groups clash with NRA on armed protests in public spaces
DALLAS (Reuters) – Texas gun rights groups that have toted rifles and shotguns in public in campaigns to show support for the open carrying of weapons blasted the NRA on Monday for calling those appeals “foolish” and “counterproductive.”
Envelope with white powder prompts scare at Minnesota governor’s mansion
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Fire crews were called on Monday to the Minnesota governor’s residence in St. Paul, Minnesota, after staff members opened a letter and found what turned out to be a small amount of non-threatening white powder, a state spokesman…
Unruly passenger forces New York-bound plane to divert to Memphis
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A United Airlines flight to New York from Houston was forced to make an emergency stop in Memphis when an unruly passenger got into a physical skirmish with the crew, officials said on Monday.
Mannequin in Obama mask hung from Missouri bridge
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) – A fully clothed mannequin wearing a President Barack Obama mask was discovered hanging by a rope from a highway overpass in the Kansas City area on Monday, police said.
With two kids inside, wind tosses bounce house across Colorado field
DENVER (Reuters) – Two children were slightly hurt when a blast of wind sent an inflatable bounce house tumbling hundreds of feet across a field in Colorado over the weekend, a sheriff’s department spokesman said on Monday.
