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.
Colorado judge denies bid to close jury selection in theater massacre case
DENVER (Reuters) – Jury selection in the murder trial of the man accused of killing 12 moviegoers at a Colorado cinema in 2012 will be open to the public, the judge overseeing the case ruled on Wednesday.
Appeals court limits police use of cell phone location data
MIAMI (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday that cell phone tower tracking data used to convict a Miami man for a string of arm robberies that resulted in a 162-year prison sentence violated his constitutional right of privacy.
California 10-year-old boy with high IQ graduates high school
(Reuters) – A 10-year-old home-schooled California boy with presidential ambitions, who at age 4 became one of the youngest Americans admitted to high IQ society Mensa, has graduated from high school, his mother said on Wednesday.
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…
