Mississippi church floor collapses, around 35 injured: report
(Reuters) – As many as 35 young worshippers were injured after part of a second floor of a Mississippi church collapsed during a Wednesday evening youth service, the organization’s pastor said, according to one local media report.
U.S. lottery winner scoops $425 million jackpot; 6th biggest ever
(Reuters) – A single ticket bought in the San Francisco bay area scooped the sixth highest lottery jackpot in U.S. history on Wednesday, winning roughly $425 million, lottery officials said.
Suspect questioned in Pittsburgh murder of Iowa lawmaker’s sisters: TV
(Reuters) – Pittsburgh police were questioning a man on Wednesday they say could be linked to the killing of two sisters of an Iowa politician who were found shot nearly two weeks ago, Pennsylvania media reported.
Keystone pipeline approval in limbo after Nebraska ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Nebraska court on Wednesday voided the governor’s decision to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to pass through the Midwestern state, creating another snag for the controversial project to link Canada’s oil sands with refineries i…
Accused Colorado movie theater gunman ordered to undergo new sanity exam
DENVER (Reuters) – The man charged with mass murder for a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in a suburban Denver movie theater must submit to a second pretrial sanity examination because the first was incomplete and inadequate, a Colorado judge ru…
Same-sex couples challenge Colorado ban on gay marriage
DENVER (Reuters) – Nine same-sex couples filed suit on Wednesday challenging Colorado’s ban on gay marriage, following a recent string of court decisions striking down similar restrictions in New Mexico, Utah and Virginia.
Washington state regulators set stricter limits on pot production
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Washington state marijuana regulators moved on Wednesday to curtail the size and number of pot farms it will allow to serve the state’s nascent recreational cannabis market, citing the need to prevent excess supply from …
Hedge fund manager Griffin gives $150 million to Harvard
BOSTON (Reuters) – Billionaire investor Kenneth Griffin, who started his hedge fund in his dormitory room at Harvard University, is donating $150 million to his alma mater in what will be the largest single gift ever made to the Ivy League school.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel medal, Bible placed in care of court
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize medal and personal Bible must be moved to a court-controlled safety deposit box, a judge ruled on Wednesday as the late civil rights leader’s children are engaged in a fight over ownership …
Biden: ‘We may not get to 7 million’ by Obamacare deadline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged on Wednesday that it will be hard to reach the target on the number of people signing up for health insurance by a looming March 31 deadline for Obamacare enrollment.
