Suspects denied bail in kidnapping of N.C. prosecutor’s father
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Five people charged with kidnapping a North Carolina prosecutor’s father in an elaborate plot orchestrated by an imprisoned gang member were ordered held without bail at a detention hearing on Tuesday, U.S. officials said.
Judge delays Guantanamo hearing over defense FBI concerns
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) – A military hearing for five men accused of conspiring in the September 11, 2001, attacks was derailed on Tuesday over concerns that defense attorneys were being spied upon by the FBI.
U.S. appeals court upholds hazardous air pollution rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a victory for the Obama administration, a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a regulation that would limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants, starting next year.
Texas town eyes new fertilizer plant a year after deadly blast
WEST, Texas (Reuters) – Not far from an enormous crater where a fertilizer plant stood before an explosion there killed 15 people, lifeless and uprooted trees surround boarded-up homes spray-painted with “OK.”
Death toll from Washington state mudslide rises to 37
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – The official death toll from a mudslide that buried a river valley neighborhood in the Cascade foothills of Washington state last month rose to 37 on Tuesday, after search teams extricated another body from the mud and r…
Alabama man sentenced in murder-for-hire plot to kill neighbor
(This April 14 story was corrected to say “raping” instead of “having an affair” in paragraph 3, and changes “trial” to “hearing” in paragraph 4)
Police detonate ‘suspicious device’ in downtown Boston
BOSTON (Reuters) – The Massachusetts State Police bomb squad detonated a “suspicious device” found in downtown Boston on Tuesday, though they said it had not yet been determined if the device was hazardous.
US Airways investigating pornographic tweet sent to complaining customer
(Reuters) – US Airways said it was investigating a pornographic tweet on Tuesday sent on its Twitter account in response to a customer complaint about a flight delay, which went viral on social media.
Sky-watchers see ‘blood moon’ in total lunar eclipse
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Parts of the world saw a rare celestial event on Tuesday when the Earth’s shadow fell across the moon, turning it orange.
Walking, ‘talking’ drilling rigs aim to modernize fracking
WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – The backbreaking life of a roughneck, the iconic worker bees of oilfield drilling rigs, is getting a little easier.
