Fewer communities risk running out of water in California drought
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A moderate dose of winter rainfall hasn’t ended California’s historic drought, but it has dropped just enough moisture on the beleaguered state to help 14 communities that had risked running out of water.
Accused Kansas killer with ‘murder’ tattoo to wear turtleneck
WICHITA, Kansas (Reuters) – Jurors in the trial of a man accused of a 2011 killing could be looking across a steamy Kansas courtroom this summer at a defendant wearing a turtleneck.
California lawmakers aim to tighten handgun restrictions
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A bill banning the sale of single-shot handguns that can be modified into semi-automatic weapons advanced in the California legislature on Thursday as lawmakers sought to close what the bill’s supporters say is a loop…
Ex-U.S. soldier guilty of killing his child in rare capital case in Hawaii
HONOLULU (Reuters) – A Honolulu jury found former U.S. Army soldier Naeem Williams guilty on Thursday of killing his 5-year-old daughter Talia in the first death penalty case since Hawaii was granted statehood over a half a century ago, a courtroom wit…
New York’s ‘Dr Vodka’ dies in Miami Beach high-speed car crash
MIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – New York alcohol entrepreneur Malcolm Lloyd, founder of the Double Cross vodka brand, was killed early Thursday morning in a high speed car crash near Miami Beach, police said.
Sailors with pellet gun prompt alert at San Diego-area naval base
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Two sailors playing with a pellet gun caused officials at a San Diego-area naval base to issue a shelter-in-place warning for part of the facility on Thursday, and were taken into custody, Navy officials said.
Landslide threatening Wyoming resort town slows to a crawl
(Reuters) – A Wyoming landslide menacing houses and businesses in an upscale resort town has slowed to a crawl, giving crews time to prevent the rupture of a water main, although one official cautioned on Thursday that the respite could prove temporary…
New statue of Penn State’s Paterno set for 2015 unveiling: alumni
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Fundraising for a new statue depicting Joe Paterno “as the man he was and not Joe the football coach” is set to begin two years after his image was removed from Penn State University because of a child sex abuse sca…
Wyoming natgas facility still ablaze after blast, supplies cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A fire was still raging at Williams Companies Inc’s natural gas processing plant in southwestern Wyoming on Thursday, a day after an explosion rocked the site, disrupting supplies in a hub in the Rockies.
Family of Florida woman fatally shot in 2010 seek state probe
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – The sister of a north Florida woman whose fatal shooting more than three years ago was ruled a suicide made a tearful plea to Governor Rick Scott on Thursday to order an investigation, in a case that has raised question…
