Oklahoma set to execute man for fatal stabbing of woman in 1988
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma is set to execute a man on Thursday, who was convicted of murder after stabbing a woman 25 times more than two decades ago and then attempting to blame the crime on an intruder.
U.S. brings fraud charges against firm that vetted Snowden
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department accused United States Investigations Services (USIS), the largest private provider of security checks for the government, of bilking millions of dollars through improper background verifications.
Company in West Virginia spill failed to disclose second chemical
The company behind a chemical spill that left about 300,000 people in West Virginia without tap water failed to disclose a second chemical in the leak, state officials said on Wednesday.
City bans pot shops in backlash against Washington state legalization
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Lawmakers in one of the largest cities in Washington state have said no to marijuana businesses, the latest in a series of backlashes by municipalities against a voter-approved recreational pot market in the northwest st…
U.S. appeals court throws Arctic drilling into further doubt
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the U.S. Interior Department wrongly awarded offshore oil leases in the Chukchi Sea near Alaska in 2008 without considering the full range of environmental risks posed by drilling …
Texas executes Mexican national despite diplomatic protests
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Mexican national convicted for the 1994 slaying of a Houston police officer was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday, ending a capital murder case that put him at the center of a diplomatic dispute.
University of Utah offers paternity testing for women fearing sperm swap
(Reuters) – The University of Utah on Wednesday said it is providing free paternity testing to women who conceived children at two fertility clinics that employed a lab worker suspected of artificially inseminating a patient with his own sperm.
Indiana lawmakers advance gay-marriage ban amendment
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – Indiana lawmakers on Wednesday took a step closer toward putting a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage before voters in November, potentially bucking a U.S. trend of states, courts and voters making gay nup…
Bitter cold lingers as U.S. northeast digs out from snow
NEW YORK/MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey (Reuters) – Residents of the northeastern United States on Wednesday dug out from a deadly winter storm that dumped more than 15 inches of snow in some places, with frigid temperatures forcing school closings and extensiv…
Detroit judge rejects request from creditors to value city art
DETROIT (Reuters) – The judge overseeing Detroit’s bankruptcy denied a request from creditors to have an official say in valuing the city’s art collection and said he will announce his decision next Tuesday on a request from Detroit retirees to block c…
