Storms with large hail and tornadoes roll through U.S. central states
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Severe storms pounded parts of the central United States on Tuesday producing baseball-sized hail, unconfirmed reports of several tornado touchdowns and a line of intense, dangerous winds known as a derecho, weather forecasters said…
California voters support plan to spend $600 million for homeless veterans
BERKELEY Calif. (Reuters) – California residents have voted for a plan to spend $600 million to build houses for homeless veterans in the state with the highest number of ex-servicemen without a roof in the United States.
5.7-magnitude earthquake hits southern Alaska
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook a remote part of southern Alaska on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
California primary kicks off divisive election season for Democrats
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Californians voted on Tuesday for a primary election that showed rifts in the state’s dominant Democratic party, with incumbent labor-backed candidates fighting reformers in several races.
Hours-long manhunt of armed New Hampshire man ends with suspect in custody
(Reuters) – An hours-long manhunt for an armed New Hampshire man, who stole a police vehicle and rammed it into another before fleeing into some woods, ended on Tuesday night with his arrest at his home, police said.
Jurors in Colorado theater massacre case can be quizzed on insanity defense
DENVER (Reuters) – Attorneys for the gunman who claims he was insane when he killed 12 people inside a Colorado cinema in 2012 can ask potential jurors about their views on the insanity defense, a judge ruled on Tuesday.
NY man arrested over attack of woman behind Clippers scandal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Long Island, New York, man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the weekend assault of V. Stiviano, the woman who recorded Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racist remarks that got him banned from the NBA.
Tape shows Hawaiian pilot was skeptical about teen stowaway
HONOLULU (Reuters) – Shortly after a teenager clambered out of an airliner’s wheel well at the end of a flight from California, a pilot on the plane questioned whether the stowaway had really made the death-defying journey, an audio recording released …
Bomb threat charge dropped for Boston Marathon hoax suspect
(Reuters) – Prosecutors have dropped a bomb threat charge against a man who was arrested in April for walking through the finish area of the Boston Marathon carrying a black backpack on the anniversary of the 2013 attack, officials said on Tuesday.
Guantanamo prisoner demands ‘civilized’ force-feedings: court filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Syrian prisoner at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said in a court petition on Tuesday that his force-feedings amounted to torture and asked a judge to order his jailers to make them “civilized.”
