California tot survives three-story fall, saved by couple with mattress
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California toddler survived a three-story fall, saved by a couple who were moving into a new home and threw a mattress under the boy before he plunged to the ground, fire officials and local media said.
U.S. Naval Academy sex-assault accuser asked about inconsistencies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A female U.S. Naval Academy midshipman testified on Wednesday that she had been torn about pursuing allegations that a fellow student sexually assaulted her in April 2012 when she was drunk at an off-campus party.
Georgia lawmakers pass measure for Martin Luther King Jr statue
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia lawmakers have passed a measure allowing a monument to be erected on the state Capitol grounds to honor late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., nearly a half century after the Georgia-born Nobel Peace Prize winner’s…
Texas set to execute aspiring rapper for murdering studio manager
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas is set to execute on Wednesday an aspiring rap musician who was convicted of slitting the throat and stabbing to death a music studio owner in San Antonio so that he could rob him of equipment.
Bin Laden son-in-law takes stand in New York court in own defense
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law Suleiman Abu Ghaith took the stand in his own defense Wednesday in New York federal court against charges that he conspired to kill Americans.
Winning tickets in $400 million lottery jackpot sold in Florida and Maryland
(Reuters) – The holders of two winning tickets sold in Florida and Maryland will share about $400 million from Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing, lottery officials said, marking the third-highest jackpot in the game’s history.
Two tickets share $400 million U.S. lottery jackpot
(Reuters) – Two winning tickets in Florida and Maryland will share about $400 million from Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing, lottery officials said, marking the third highest jackpot in the game’s history.
Undocumented immigrant who hid in Chicago church re-enters U.S.
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – An undocumented Mexican immigrant who made headlines after seeking refuge from deportation in a Chicago church joined a growing protest of deportees crossing into the United States on Tuesday, asking to be allowed to stay, organiz…
In U.S. contraception case, a question of corporate rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court could dodge the contentious question of whether corporations have religious rights when it weighs objections to an Obamacare requirement that employers provide insurance coverage for contraception.
U.S. honors 24 minority veterans from World War Two, Korea and Vietnam
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two dozen U.S. Army veterans received the country’s top military honor at the White House on Tuesday for acts of bravery in World War Two, Korea and Vietnam as part of an effort to recognize those whose service may have been igno…
