Two dead in news helicopter crash near Seattle Space Needle
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A news helicopter crashed and burst into flames in downtown Seattle near the Space Needle on Tuesday, killing a pilot and a photographer on board and setting three cars on fire in the popular tourist area, officials said.
San Francisco doubles housing assistance to middle-class residents
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco has doubled the amount of money it will lend to middle-class home buyers to help with down payments in a market where an influx of high-paid technology workers has pushed prices up, city officials said on Tuesday…
California to ease water restrictions in move to help farmers
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Drought-plagued California will ease some protection for fish in the fragile San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta, officials said Tuesday, a move expected to make more water available for farming and ease political tens…
Pentagon review says Navy Yard shooting could have been avoided
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered steps to improve Pentagon security on Tuesday after reviews found the Navy Yard shooting that killed 12 people last year could have been averted if concerns about the gunman’s mental health b…
Business executive pleads guilty in U.S. Navy corruption scandal
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A business executive charged in connection with a U.S. Navy contracting case that has exploded into a corruption scandal pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of conspiring to defraud the United States.
South Carolina sues U.S. Energy Department to save reactor fuel plant
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – South Carolina sued the U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday over the federal government’s plans to scrap a plutonium recycling plant that has been under construction for years in the state, arguing it violates a …
U.S. Naval Academy sex assault accuser says cannot recall attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A female U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen who contends she was sexually assaulted by a football player at an alcohol-fueled party testified at his court-martial on Tuesday that she had no memory of the alleged attack.
Mormon church bars women’s group from leadership conference
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A group of Mormon women seeking access to a male-only session of the faith’s semi-annual conference with church leaders have been rebuffed and warned that they may be kept off church grounds if they try to get in.
Tennessee governor to appeal judge’s gay-marriage ruling
(Reuters) – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam will appeal a federal judge’s ruling requiring the state to temporarily recognize the legal marriages of three same-sex couples who wed in other states, the state attorney general said on Tuesday in court pape…
U.S. general guilty of improper liaisons called ‘inspirational leader’
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) – A U.S. Army general who admitted he mistreated a female captain during one of several improper relationships with junior officers earned loyalty from soldiers by empowering and inspiring them, supporters testified…
