FBI seeks to identify victims of suspected child molester abroad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have asked the public to help identify as many as 90 possible victims of a suspected child predator who worked at American and other international schools in at least nine countries.
Oklahoma execution halted amid confusion over stay orders
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin issued a one-week stay in the execution of a death row inmate due to die by lethal injection on Tuesday, in a move to clear up confusion over which state body has the final say over executions.
Teen who stowed away on Hawaii flight resting in hospital
(Reuters) – A teenage boy who stowed away on a flight from California to Hawaii in the frozen, oxygen-deprived wheel well of a passenger jet was resting in hospital on Tuesday, two days after his death-defying jaunt over the Pacific, a Hawaii official …
California congressman woos Sriracha pepper sauce factory after odor complaints heat up
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A U.S. congressman from a Los Angeles community is seeking to lure the factory that makes the bestselling Sriracha-brand hot pepper sauce to his district after residents in its current location complained about the smell.
Group sues U.S. for stronger Idaho, Montana grizzly protection
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Federal protection status for a population of grizzly bears facing extinction in the mountains of Idaho and northwest Montana should be raised to endangered from threatened, environmentalists said in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday…
Church deacon, fugitive in 1981 killing, arrested in Texas
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – A 78-year-old church deacon in Texas has been arrested for a Pennsylvania murder after 33 years as a fugitive, authorities said on Tuesday.
Washington state euthanizes 300 birds after cockfighting farm raided
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Washington state authorities have euthanized scores of steroid-filled roosters after raiding a farm and arresting a man on suspicion of raising the birds for cockfighting, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Ohio man must pay $489,000 for fake distress report: court
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man whose hoax distress call triggered a massive U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue mission on Lake Erie must pay $489,000 in restitution, a U.S. appeals court said Tuesday.
Arizona high court rules pot users must be impaired for DUI charge
(Reuters) – Arizona prosecutors cannot charge pot users for driving under the influence of marijuana simply because traces of the drug remain in their bloodstream, without evidence of actual impairment, the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
New Jersey police officer, suspect wounded during drug buy
HACKENSACK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A police detective and a suspect were wounded on Tuesday when gunfire erupted during an undercover drug deal in Garfield, New Jersey, a prosecutor said.
