Singer Loretta Lynn puts out small house fire, prepares for tour
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Country singer Loretta Lynn suffered minor burns on her hands putting out a small fire at her ranch near Nashville, but the incident will not keep the coal miner’s daughter from performing in Texas on Friday, a represen…
Zimmerman lawyer seeks change in Florida trials on ‘stand your ground’ law
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The lawyer for acquitted killer George Zimmerman said the rules for Florida murder trials should be changed so jurors are only instructed to consider the lenient standards of the state’s “stand your ground” self-defense law…
California police arrested over car-impound scheme targeting Latinos
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A corruption probe in a small California town has resulted in the arrests of four current and former police officers for stealing impounded cars belonging to mostly poor Latino drivers, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Amanda Knox’s former boyfriend distances himself in Italian murder appeal
(Reuters) – The ex-boyfriend of Amanda Knox is distancing himself from the U.S. former exchange student, convicted of murdering her British roommate in an Italian university town, as he pursues his own appeal in the case, his U.S.-based lawyer said on …
Florida man executed for trooper’s 1992 pipe-bomb death
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – A South Florida drug dealer, who was convicted in the pipe-bomb killing of a state highway patrolman during a traffic stop 22 years ago, was executed on Wednesday, state prison officials said.
State Department acted properly on Keystone: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department acted properly in its choice of an outside contractor to review the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a U.S. report said on Wednesday, raising calls by the project’s supporters for President Barack Obama to approve i…
Arizona governor expected to announce decision on bill critics call anti-gay
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, under mounting pressure to reject a newly passed bill derided by critics as a license to discriminate against gays in the name of religion, was expected to announce on Wednesday whether she will veto or …
Wisconsin man gets three years for sexually assaulting stepsister
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Wisconsin man convicted of sexually assaulting his stepsister while she was held captive and starved for years by their parents in the basement of their house was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison, prosecutors said…
Washington state law to aid undocumented immigrant students
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Washington became the fifth U.S. state to offer college financial aid to students brought into the country illegally as children, as Democratic Governor Jay Inslee signed legislation on Wednesday to make them eligible fo…
Obama pitches plan to fix crumbling U.S. roads, bridges
ST PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) – President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday a four-year, $302 billion plan to repair the country’s crumbling roads and bridges, but the proposal, which relies on tax reform for funding, is not expected to gain traction …
