Two prominent Mormon activists threatened with excommunication
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A pair of Mormon activists who have pushed for greater acceptance of gay church members and the ordination of women are facing disciplinary action and possible excommunication by their faith leaders.
Pennsylvania school stabbing suspect enters not guilty plea
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing 21 people at a Pittsburgh-area high school in April pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all charges, his lawyer said.
California 10-year-old boy receives high school diploma
(Reuters) – A 10-year-old home-schooled California boy with presidential ambitions, who at age 4 became one of the youngest Americans admitted to the high-IQ society Mensa, has received his high school diploma, his mother said on Wednesday.
FBI to use dogs to search for missing Alaska family
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) – The FBI will send a canine team to track an Alaska couple and their two small children who went missing nearly two weeks ago, police said on Wednesday.
Man charged with calling in false Lincoln Tunnel sniper threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man has been charged with making a false threat to police about a sniper in the area of the Lincoln Tunnel, a heavily traveled span connecting New Jersey and Manhattan, authorities said on Wednesday.
Man charged with calling in false Lincoln Tunnel sniper threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man has been charged with making a false threat to police about a sniper in the area of the Lincoln Tunnel, a heavily traveled span connecting New Jersey and Manhattan, authorities said on Wednesday.
Former astronaut, senator John Glenn doing well after surgery
(Reuters) – Former astronaut and Senator John Glenn is resting comfortably at home in Columbus, Ohio, after undergoing heart valve surgery, a spokesman for Ohio State University said on Wednesday.
Teen gunman in Oregon school shooting got weapons from home
TROUTDALE Ore. (Reuters) – The teenage gunman who killed a classmate at an Oregon high school on Tuesday was armed with a military-style rifle and a semiautomatic pistol obtained from his home and lacked any known connection to his victim, police said …
California officials debate whether to defend teacher protections
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California officials were wrangling on Wednesday over whether to appeal a court ruling that overturned some job protections for public school teachers and could change the way educators are hired and fired in the most popu…
Police arrest Utah man after six-year-old son chained to bed
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Police have arrested a man in northern Utah on suspicion of child abuse after officers found his 6-year-old son chained by the ankle to a bed frame and alone at home.
