Elderly nun sentenced to 35 months for Tennessee nuclear break-in
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – A U.S. judge sentenced an 84-year-old nun, Sister Megan Rice, on Tuesday to 35 months in prison for breaking into a Tennessee defense facility where enriched uranium for nuclear bombs is stored.
Wisconsin National Guard suspends soldier who posted casket photo
(Reuters) – A Wisconsin Army National Guard soldier who posted a photo on social media of soldiers smiling or striking poses around a flag-draped casket has been suspended, the guard said on Tuesday.
Chair of New Mexico Game Commission resigns after cougar killing
(Reuters) – The chairman of the New Mexico Game Commission has resigned after he was accused of helping to illegally hunt a cougar on his family’s cattle ranch earlier this month, the agency said on Tuesday.
California court speeds review of adverse ruling on bullet train project
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A California appeals court has agreed to expedite its review of a lower court ruling that could derail Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to build an 800-mile high-speed rail system in the most populous U.S. state, court doc…
U.S. minimum wage hike would kill jobs but alleviate poverty: CBO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Raising the U.S. minimum wage would lead to the loss of about half a million jobs by late 2016 but lift almost a million Americans out of poverty, the Congressional Budget Office forecast in a report on Tuesday that reignited deb…
Florida man in loud music killing felt victimized: jail tapes
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – A Florida man convicted at the weekend of attempted murder in a dispute over loud rap music felt he was victimized by four teenagers he shot at, according to tapes of jailhouse telephone calls released by prosecutors o…
Guitarist Bob Casale of New Wave band Devo dies of heart failure at 61
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bob Casale, the guitarist and original member of the U.S. New Wave band Devo best known for the 1980 hit “Whip It,” died on Monday from heart failure at the age of 61, his brother and bandmate said.
Former New York disc jockey indicted on child sex charge
(Reuters) – Retired rock radio disc jockey Dave Herman on Tuesday was indicted on a charge of trying to take a 7-year-old girl to the U.S. Virgin Islands from New Jersey for sex.
US border agent shoots, kills person in California scuffle
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) – A U.S. border agent shot and killed a person in a group of suspected illegal immigrants that had pelted the agent with rocks during a confrontation near San Diego, officials said.
Teachers in Portland, Oregon, reach deal averting strike
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Teachers and management in Oregon’s largest school district reached an agreement in principle on Tuesday on a new contract, averting a strike planned for this week that threatened to disrupt classes for 28,000 students in P…
