Michigan fugitive caught in California after 37 years on the run
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A 60-year-old woman who fled a Michigan prison nearly 37 years ago has been captured in San Diego, where she was living under an assumed name, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
Defense Department not comfortable if major contractors look to merge: official
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Defense Department remains skeptical of mergers involving its major contractors, a Pentagon official said on Wednesday, amid industry expectations that defense deal-making could revive this year.
Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl victory parade draws some 700,000 fans
SEATTLE (Reuters) – An estimated 700,000 Seattle Seahawks fans braved sub-freezing temperatures to celebrate the football team’s first Super Bowl title at a parade that wound through the city’s downtown on Wednesday.
Man pleads guilty to murder of USC students from China
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man accused in the 2012 killing of two University of Southern California graduate students from China, a crime that stunned the prestigious private school, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murder charges and was sentenced to lif…
Voters in bankrupt San Bernardino sweep old guard from power
(Reuters) – Residents of bankrupt San Bernardino, California on Tuesday voted to complete a rout of the city’s pro-union old guard, electing business-friendly pragmatists who have pledged to try to reduce pension costs and take on vested interests.
U.S. warns airports over possible bomb ingredients in toothpaste tubes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States issued a warning on Wednesday to airports and to some airlines flying to Russia for the Olympics to watch for toothpaste tubes that could hold ingredients to make a bomb on a plane, a senior U.S. security offici…
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.
As snowy winter drags on, Northeast struggles to cope
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The latest in a series of winter storms hit the United States on Wednesday, dropping wet, heavy snow in the Northeast states that disrupted travel and threatened supplies of salt needed to keep roads clear.
Portland, Oregon, teachers set for strike authorization vote
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Teachers in Portland, Oregon’s largest school district, were due to vote Wednesday night on whether to authorize their union to call a strike that would disrupt classes for nearly 48,000 students in a labor dispute over sta…
Michelle Obama pushes college financial aid initiative
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration enlisted the help of First Lady Michelle Obama in an effort to ensure that low- and middle-income families get access to federal aid to help them pay for college.
