Coal mine collapse in West Virginia kills two miners
BECKLEY, West Virginia (Reuters) – A West Virginia coal mine collapsed, killing two miners during an operation that had been one of the most hazardous in the industry, officials and the company said on Tuesday.
U.S. seeks prison time for ex-Guatemalan leader after bribe plea
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors are pushing for a prison sentence for former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo that ensures he remains behind bars after admitting to taking $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwan and laundering funds through U.S. …
Automakers mull aid to art museum in Detroit bankruptcy
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit’s three automakers are mulling a request by the city’s art museum to help it raise money for a key component of Detroit’s plan to restructure its debt and exit bankruptcy, representatives of the companies said on Tuesday.
New Jersey woman found stabbed to death, sons found in South Carolina
(In paragraph 4, thisMay 10 story was refiled to correct to Friday from Saturday)
Texas plans first execution since Oklahoma’s botched lethal injection
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas is set to put to death convicted rapist and murderer Robert James Campbell on Tuesday in the first execution in the United States since a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma in April raised questions about capital punis…
Police officer shot dead in New Hampshire house gunfight
(Reuters) – A veteran policeman was shot dead on Monday as he responded to reports of a domestic fight at a New Hampshire home that later caught fire and exploded, officials and local media said.
U.S. confirms second case of MERS
CHICAGO/ORLANDO (Reuters) – U.S. health officials confirmed the country’s second case of MERS, a deadly virus first discovered in the Middle East, and said the patient was in good condition in an Orlando, Florida hospital.
Mexican gets life sentence for death of U.S. Coast Guard officer: report
(Reuters) – A Mexican man convicted in the 2012 killing of a U.S. Coast Guard officer, the first on-duty death since 1927, was sentenced on Monday to life in federal prison without the possibility of parole, a newspaper reported.
U.S. objects to Detroit debt plan in bankruptcy court
(Reuters) – The U.S. government on Monday filed an objection to Detroit’s plan to deal with $18 billion of debt and exit the biggest municipal bankruptcy in the nation’s history.
California bill would ban fundraising bashes at lobbyists’ homes
(Reuters) – Battered by scandals, lawmakers in California on Monday moved forward on a bill banning lobbyists from throwing lavish fundraising parties at their homes for candidates and elected officials.
