Oklahoma executes man for rape, murder of two elderly women
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma executed by lethal injection a 53-year-old man on Tuesday convicted of raping and killing two elderly women in 1986 and 1987 in their Oklahoma City homes.
Texas Rangers probe shooting death of student by police
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Rangers have been called in to investigate the shooting death by police of a student at a Catholic university near San Antonio that his family calls suspicious and local police describe as justifiable.
California man arrested for running ‘revenge porn’ website
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California man was arrested on Tuesday on accusations he ran a “revenge porn” website, one that featured nude pictures of women often posted by jilted or angry ex-lovers, officials said.
Californians’ support for legalized recreational pot trends higher
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – The number of California voters who would support a ballot initiative legalizing recreational marijuana has tipped higher since Colorado and Washington State adopted such measures last year, a new poll shows.
Couple, four children missing in Nevada found safe in canyon
RENO, Nevada (Reuters) – A couple and four young children missing in frigid weather since they went on an outing to play in the snow on Sunday in a remote mountain range in Nevada were found alive on Tuesday huddled in a canyon, a sheriff’s dispatch su…
New York City cabbies strike a pose for charity
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York taxi drivers are putting out a pinup calendar for 2014, playfully displaying pot bellies and copious body hair in a tongue-in-cheek challenge to a popular beefcake calendar produced each year by buff and brawny city firefi…
Washington state congressional delegates pitch for Boeing plant
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) – Washington’s full congressional delegation pleaded with Boeing Co on Tuesday to keep its next-generation jetliner in the state as rival states made their own pitches to lure the 777X in a contest worth billions of dollars.
Texas actress pleads guilty for ricin-laced letter sent to Obama
TEXARKANA, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas actress pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to making the toxic agent ricin that was sent in letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Snow blankets U.S. East; Washington offices, many schools closed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A fast-moving snowstorm barreled through the U.S. mid-Atlantic on Tuesday, cancelling flights, snarling roadways and shutting schools and government offices while winds kept the midsection of the country in an icy grip that killed …
Biden announces mental health push on eve of Newtown anniversary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a new push to increase access to mental health services with $100 million in new government funding nearly a year after a school shooting rampage in Newtown, Connecticut.
