Montana judge admits fault for blaming victim of rape
(Reuters) – A Montana judge, under fire for suggesting a 14-year-old girl was partly to blame for being raped by a teacher, admitted on Tuesday that he violated judicial standards and invited censure from the state’s highest court, documents show.
Minimum wage hike urged for Los Angeles hotel workers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Three Los Angeles City Council members have launched a bid to nearly double the minimum wage for hotel workers in the U.S.’s second-largest metropolis to $15.37 an hour, among the highest rates proposed for any of the country’s …
U.S. border agent shoots, kills person in California scuffle
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) – A U.S. border agent on patrol in Southern California shot and killed a suspected illegal immigrant during a confrontation not far from the border with Mexico, after the agent was pelted with rocks, officials said.
Arizona lawmaker proposes $30 million U.S.-Mexico border ‘virtual fence’
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona could spend $30 million to construct a “virtual fence” to ensure the federal government is securing the U.S.-Mexico border from drug smugglers and illegal immigrants under a measure that has narrowly advanced in the state le…
U.S. Northeast rock salt supply at critical low as more snow falls
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Successive winter storms led to critical shortages of rock salt in the U.S. Northeast on Tuesday including Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania, while New Jersey scrambled to secure a huge shipment stuck at a port in Maine.
Elderly nun sentenced to nearly three years 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 military facility used to store enriched uranium for nuclear bombs.
Shark attacks down last year but fatalities up
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Shark attacks fell to a five-year low in 2013 but the number of fatalities rose to 10, up from an average of six deaths in recent years, according to a report released on Monday.
U.S. military tears down Army base site of mass killing in Texas
DALLAS (Reuters) – The U.S. military has demolished the building at a Texas base where a former Army psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage in 2009, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others, military officials said on Tuesday.
U.S. to announce $6.5 billion loan deal for Southern Co nuclear plant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration will announce that it has finalized $6.5 billion in loan aid to build the country’s first new nuclear reactors in more than 30 years, sources said on Tuesday.
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…
