Man pleads guilty in U.S. in connection with Guinea mine scandal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former adviser to mining company BSG Resources pleaded guilty in New York on Monday to one count of obstructing a criminal investigation in connection with a bribery investigation into mining rights in Guinea.
Church drops case against NY pastor who performed son’s gay wedding
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Methodist Church announced on Monday it was dropping its case against a New York clergyman accused of defying church policy by officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding.
Northern California unscathed by 6.8 offshore quake
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A series of small aftershocks continued to rattle the extreme northern coast of California on Monday, hours after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the town of Eureka and an area extending into Oregon and Nevada with no reports o…
Man arrested, charged with murder in triple killing at Ohio bar
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A man suspected of shooting three men to death at an Ohio bar, including an off-duty police officer, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, authorities said on Monday.
U.S. justices deliver blow to ‘rails-to-trails’ policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a setback to the U.S. government’s long-running policy of converting abandoned railroads into public trails, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a Wyoming property owner who objected to a plan to extend a pathway across…
Attorneys for accused Boston bomber’s friends seeking more records
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for three college friends of the accused Boston Marathon bomber who are charged with helping cover up evidence of the crime on Monday asked for more records related to their arrests.
Dating Florida teenagers charged in plot to kill parents
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A 13-year-old Florida girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend were charged with attempted murder after he slit the throat of the girl’s mother who had objected to their relationship, police said.
Get on the bus, Gus: U.S. posts record public transit use
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans took a record 10.7 billion trips on public transportation last year as an increase in urban living, costlier fuel, more investment and an economic upturn helped drive ridership, an industry group said on Monday.
Supreme court declines to hear ‘I (heart sign) boobies’ case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a school district’s appeal over an attempt by officials to ban breast cancer awareness bracelets bearing the message “I (heart sign) boobies,” handing victory to two students who …
Heroin overdoses pose ‘urgent public health crisis’: U.S. attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said his agency was stepping up efforts to stem sharp increases in deadly heroin overdoses, trafficking in the drug and abuse of prescription narcotics at the root of what he called an “urgent pu…
