U.S. justices deliver blow to ‘rails-to-trails’ policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a setback to the U.S. government’s long-running policy of converting abandoned railroads into public trails, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a Wyoming property owner who objected to a plan to extend a pathway across…
Attorneys for accused Boston bomber’s friends seeking more records
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for three college friends of the accused Boston Marathon bomber who are charged with helping cover up evidence of the crime on Monday asked for more records related to their arrests.
Dating Florida teenagers charged in plot to kill parents
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A 13-year-old Florida girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend were charged with attempted murder after he slit the throat of the girl’s mother who had objected to their relationship, police said.
Get on the bus, Gus: U.S. posts record public transit use
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans took a record 10.7 billion trips on public transportation last year as an increase in urban living, costlier fuel, more investment and an economic upturn helped drive ridership, an industry group said on Monday.
Supreme court declines to hear ‘I (heart sign) boobies’ case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a school district’s appeal over an attempt by officials to ban breast cancer awareness bracelets bearing the message “I (heart sign) boobies,” handing victory to two students who …
Heroin overdoses pose ‘urgent public health crisis’: U.S. attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said his agency was stepping up efforts to stem sharp increases in deadly heroin overdoses, trafficking in the drug and abuse of prescription narcotics at the root of what he called an “urgent pu…
Newtown gunman’s dad wishes son was never born: New Yorker
(Reuters) – The father of the gunman who killed 26 people at a Newtown, Connecticut, school in 2012, said he wished his son had never been born, the New Yorker magazine reported on Monday.
Centuries-old mass grave of Irish laborers probed in Pennsylvania
MALVERN, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – On a cold winter’s day, historian Bill Watson found himself standing in the snow, picking through the roots of an upturned stump near railroad tracks in a place now known as Duffy’s Cut.
U.S. public pensions need more than investment windfall
(Reuters) – Double-digit annual returns for most U.S. public pension systems over the past two years have done little to shrink the yawning deficits facing many of them after a decade of inadequate funding, according to analysts and recent data.
William Clay Ford Sr., grandson of pioneer automaker, dies at 88
DETROIT (Reuters) – Former Ford Motor Co executive William Clay Ford Sr., the last surviving grandchild of the automaker’s founder, Henry Ford, and the longtime owner of the Detroit Lions football team, died on Sunday at age 88, the company said.
