Texas hotel death sparks petition for in-room 911 dial-through
(Reuters) – A 9-year-old girl’s vain attempt to reach police by calling 911 as her mother lay dying in a Texas hotel room has generated a national petition drive to require that emergency services be accessible from all hotel rooms simply by dialing 91…
Renoir bought for $7 at W. Virginia flea market ordered returned to museum
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) – A napkin-size Renoir painting bought for $7 at a flea market but valued at up to $100,000 must be returned to the museum it was stolen from in 1951, a federal judge ordered on Friday.
U.S. Congress to pass stopgap funding bill next week: top Republican
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives next week will pass a stop-gap funding measure to prevent a government shutdown for three days as negotiators try to finalize a $1 trillion spending bill, Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor s…
U.S. Navy drops charges against cadet accused of sex crime
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Charges have been dropped against a former U.S. Naval Academy football player who was accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman, the school said on Friday.
Franklin McCain dies, helped launch protest of whites-only lunch counters in U.S
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – African-American civil rights leader Franklin McCain, who as a college student helped launch the U.S. sit-in movement against segregation at whites-only lunch counters, has died, his alma mater said on Friday.
Boston mobster Bulger, girlfriend exchanged prison love notes: atty
BOSTON (Reuters) – Convicted gangster James “Whitey” Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, exchanged love letters on a legal pad provided by a defense attorney who visited them in prison before the mobster went on trial last year, local media rep…
VW poised for SUV go-ahead as U.S. slide threatens goals
BERLIN/DETROIT (Reuters) – Volkswagen is preparing to build sport utility vehicles in North America as it struggles to conquer a market whose resistance is threatening its bid to be world No. 1.
Gay rights group asks for federal recognition of Utah same-sex marriages
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A gay rights group asked the U.S. federal government on Thursday to recognize the marriages of gay couples who wed in Utah after a court ruling briefly legalized gay unions in the conservative, predominantly Mormon state.
In Supreme Court case, business group targets Obama appointments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A powerful business group’s decision to use its legal firepower to back a bottling company in a dispute with unionized workers turned a routine labor tussle in Washington state into a high-stakes Supreme Court case that could lim…
Colorado airports tighten rules on marijuana possession
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado’s two largest airports have tightened their rules on marijuana possession after the state became the first in the nation to allow recreational pot stores to operate, airport officials said on Thursday.
