Boston mobster posing as Idaho rancher gets 28 years for attempted murder
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A Boston mobster living as a rancher under an assumed name in a remote Idaho town has been sentenced to 28 years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder and racketeering charges, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Dead bear found on North Carolina university campus
(Reuters) – A dead 200-pound (91 kg) black bear was found on a bench on the North Carolina State University campus on Tuesday, and officials believe it was shot and then dumped there by someone.
Massachusetts child welfare chief resigns after deaths
BOSTON (Reuters) – The head of Massachusetts’ child welfare department stepped down on Tuesday under fire from state politicians angered by the recent deaths of three children.
Connecticut house tied to aviation pioneer meets wrecking ball
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (Reuters) – Gustave Whitehead is not a household name in the United States, but fans of the aviation pioneer who contend he conducted a manned flight with a powered engine before Orville and Wilbur Wright say he should be.
Young Republicans likelier to vote in midterms than Democrats: survey
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) – Fewer than one in four young U.S. voters plans to vote in this year’s congressional midterm elections, with Republicans significantly more likely to head to the polls than Democrats, according to a poll released on …
Oklahoma to execute two convicts after ending court case on drugs
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma is set to put to death two men convicted of murder and rape in unrelated cases in a double execution on Tuesday after ending a several weeks’ long legal fight over the secrecy concerning the state’s lethal injection p…
Ohio increases death penalty drug dosages after execution review
(Reuters) – Ohio’s prison department said it would increase the amount of two death penalty drugs it uses in executions after reviewing a case in which a condemned inmate was seen convulsing and gasping for breath for some time after being injected.
U.S. immigration agency ignoring requests for data, complaint records: ACLU
April 29 – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ignored repeated requests for stop-and-search data and other information related to its “extensive but largely opaque” border-patrol operations in southern Arizona, a civil rights group alleged in…
At Nixon library, tension over how to portray a disgraced president
YORBA LINDA, California (Reuters) – Nearly 40 years after President Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace because of the Watergate scandal, the debate over how his legacy should be defined seems as vibrant as ever – at Nixon’s presidential library, at lea…
Hundreds of US inmates sentenced to death are innocent, researchers say
(Reuters) – As many as 300 people who were sentenced to death in the United States over a three-decade period were likely innocent, according to a study published in a leading science journal on Monday.
