Florida jury selected for loud music murder trial
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – A racially diverse jury will decide if a middle-aged white man committed murder or faced a life-or-death threat when he opened fire on four black teenagers in an SUV parked next to him at a north Florida gas station, k…
Democrats ask for price impact analysis of U.S. oil exports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. public deserves to know how lifting the country’s decades-old ban on crude oil exports would affect gasoline prices, two Democratic U.S. Senators said on Thursday, calling for a “comprehensive analysis” of the issue.
Hundreds of thousands without power after Northeast storm
(Reuters) – Utility crews on Thursday worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the U.S. Northeast after a snow and ice storm slammed the region. But flights began returning to normal after thousands of delays or cance…
Two dozen charged in $500 million New York pain-pill scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Twenty-five people, including doctors, were charged with involvement in a massive scheme that flooded New York City’s black market with as much as $500 million in painkillers, federal and state officials said on Wednesday.
Texas executes woman convicted of killing man for insurance money
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas executed a woman on Wednesday convicted of leading a plot to kidnap, torture and then beat to death a mentally disabled man to rob him of his cash and collect insurance money.
Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Teachers in Portland, Oregon’s largest school district, voted Wednesday night to authorize a strike, setting the stage for a walkout that could disrupt classes for nearly 48,000 students, union officials said.
Rents rising faster in tech hubs than in rest of U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Franciscans have long blamed the technology sector for rising rents. Now, a study from real-estate company Trulia backs them up.
Texas judge orders ‘affluenza’ teenager to get treatment
FORT WORTH (Reuters) – A Texas judge, who received national criticism for sentencing a wealthy Texas teenager to probation after he killed four people while driving drunk, ordered him on Wednesday to start rehabilitation for substance abuse and behavio…
Florida man pleads not guilty to fatal theater shooting over texting
DADE CITY, Florida (Reuters) – A retired Florida police captain accused of fatally shooting a man in a movie theater after a texting confrontation last month pleaded not guilty Wednesday at a daylong bail hearing that resembled a mini-trial.
Mexican convicted of murder for ramming U.S. Coast Guard officer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A jury convicted a Mexican man of murder on Wednesday for ramming his suspected smuggling vessel into a U.S. Coast Guard inflatable boat, killing an officer on board off the coast of Southern California in 2012, prosecutors said…
