Makeover of New Jersey’s ‘ugliest’ building to start this summer
GREEN BROOK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A long-delayed construction project to spruce up what Governor Chris Christie once called “the ugliest damn building in New Jersey, and maybe America” is set to begin this summer.
U.S. FCC chief details pledge to police Internet ‘fast lanes’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. communications regulator on Tuesday said he would use “every available power” to prevent Internet providers from restricting users’ access to any web content as he seeks to calm a consumer storm over his proposed new…
Biden urges U.S. colleges do more to prevent sexual assaults
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden used some dramatic anecdotes on Tuesday to urge colleges and universities to do more to prevent rape and sexual assault on their campuses.
Italy court says Knox murdered flatmate over argument, not orgy
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – The Italian court that found American student Amanda Knox guilty of murder in January, said on Tuesday she had killed her British flatmate because of a domestic argument, rather than during a sex game, and that she herself h…
U.S. tornadoes kill 34, threaten more damage in South
TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) – At least 34 people across six states were killed in tornadoes unleashed by a ferocious storm system that razed neighborhoods and threatened more destruction in heavily populated parts of the U.S. South on Tuesday.
Minnesota man convicted in killing of unarmed teens
LITTLE FALLS, Minnesota (Reuters) – A Minnesota man was convicted by a jury on Tuesday of first-degree premeditated murder in the shooting deaths of two unarmed teenagers who broke into his house.
Blast at Los Angeles-area polishing shop injures 11
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Eleven workers were injured, two critically, on Tuesday in an explosion and fire at a Los Angeles-area metal polishing shop apparently caused by an accumulation of dust and lint in an air duct, officials said.
Texas father on trial for putting son in box as punishment
GALVESTON, Texas (Reuters) – Prosecutors at the start of a child abuse trial on Tuesday accused a Texas father of locking his 9-year-old son in a tiny wooden cell to punish him.
Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin voter ID law
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Wisconsin’s voter identification law places an unnecessary burden on poor and minority voters and must be struck down, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
Food poisoning fells more than 100 at Maryland food safety summit
(Reuters) – A U.S. food safety summit in Maryland earlier this month has become a cautionary tale after more than 100 attendees came down with suspected food poisoning.
