Shipwreck off Haiti could be Columbus’s Santa Maria, explorers say
MIAMI (Reuters) – A shipwreck found off the north coast of Haiti could be the 500-year-old remains of the Santa Maria, which led Christopher Columbus’s famed voyage to the New World, according to a team of marine explorers.
Rabbi charged with stealing $12.4 million from New York disabled kids
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York rabbi and three others were indicted for stealing over $12.4 million in public aid for disabled pre-schoolers and using it to spruce up their homes, get catering discounts and fund a relative’s cosmetics business, author…
Obama: Small window to get immigration reform done this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Tuesday there was a small window of opportunity now to pass immigration reform in the House of Representatives, before Washington’s attention turned completely to the November midterm congressional …
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.
