N.Y. police charge man in elevator stabbing of two children
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York police have charged a man in the weekend stabbing of two children, one of them fatally, in the elevator of a Brooklyn housing project, officials said.
Wild mushrooms entice smugglers to fire-ravaged California forest
GROVELAND Calif. (Reuters) – Smugglers in northern California’s fire-ravaged Stanislaus National Forest are sneaking out pricey contraband – not marijuana this time, but a favorite delicacy of foodies: the luscious morel mushroom. 
Gunman kills one, three wounded at Christian college in Seattle
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A man armed with a shotgun opened fire on Thursday at a small Christian college in Seattle, killing one person and wounding two others before he was subdued by a group of students and arrested, Seattle police and hospital officials …
U.S. Air base in Texas shelters wave of immigrant children
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE Texas (Reuters) – A half-century-old section of a U.S. Air Force base in Texas has been transformed into a holding and processing center for thousands of children illegally crossing the border from Central and South America with…
Federal agent commits suicide in Pittsburgh Homeland Security office
PITTSBURGH Pa. (Reuters) – A federal agent shot and killed himself inside a U.S. Department of Homeland Security building in Pittsburgh on Thursday afternoon, county officials said.
California residents support soda tax to fight obesity, health study shows
(Reuters) – Fighting obesity by taxing sugary drinks and restricting junk food advertisements aimed at children has support from a wide majority of residents surveyed in a Southern California public health study released on Thursday.
Obama administration revamps federal healthcare website: WSJ
(Reuters) – The Obama administration is revamping the health insurance marketplace HealthCare.gov and removing significant parts from it to ensure that glitches on the site do not return, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing presentations to health…
Florida judge disbarred over ‘personal’ relationship with prosecutor
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court disbarred a former circuit judge on Thursday for having a “personal and emotional relationship” with a prosecutor that started during a death penalty case he was trying before her.
San Francisco cable cars rolling again after sickout ends
(Reuters) – San Francisco’s famed cable cars were rolling again on Thursday, resuming operations three days after a sickout by bus and rail operators hobbled the city’s transit system and grounded the historic vehicles to a halt, an official said.
Rap videos shown as evidence in New York gang murder trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rap videos that show a New York murder defendant claiming to be a gun-toting gang member were shown in court on Thursday, prosecutors said, despite his attempts to have the clips barred from evidence.
