Five hospitalized after chemical device goes off at U.S. school
DENVER (Reuters) – Two boys were arrested late Tuesday in connection with a chemical reaction that caused a container to rupture at a Colorado charter school, sending four students and a teacher to hospital.
Republicans vote in special primary in bellwether Florida district
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – In a race watched as a potential bellwether for this year’s mid-term congressional elections, lobbyist David Jolly won a special Republican primary election on Tuesday in a key Florida swing district.
Silicon Valley workers may pursue collusion case as group: court
(Reuters) – Roughly 60,000 Silicon Valley workers won clearance to pursue a lawsuit accusing Apple Inc, Google Inc and other companies of conspiring to drive down pay by not poaching each other’s staff, after a federal appeals court refused to let the …
Man linked to N.Y. ‘cannibal cop’ case seen pleading guilty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Massachusetts hospital police official charged with conspiring to kidnap, torture and kill women as part of the so-called “cannibal cop” case is expected to plead guilty in New York this week, a court filing on Tuesday showed.
Woman rescued from Nevada motel after six months as captive: police
(Reuters) – A woman held captive for six months by a former boyfriend who threatened to kill her if she tried to escape was rescued from a Nevada motel after writing about her plight on Facebook, police said on Tuesday.
Car carrying L.A. mayor hits, injures pedestrian
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles police car carrying Mayor Eric Garcetti through the city’s downtown struck a pedestrian on Tuesday, a woman who was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries, officials said.
No charges filed in shooting death of North Carolina teen in police custody
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – No criminal charges will be filed in the case of a North Carolina teen who authorities say fatally shot himself in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser, an official said on Tuesday.
Briton jailed 27 years for Florida murders seeks to reopen case
MIAMI (Reuters) – Lawyers for a British man convicted in Florida for a 1986 double homicide sought to reopen the case on Tuesday, claiming that three Colombian drug traffickers were the real killers.
Emergency calls show ambulance delay in fatal NJ carjacking: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A woman’s frantic calls to emergency responders show that an ambulance took 18 minutes to reach her husband who lay dying after being shot by carjackers at a New Jersey mall, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Boy, 12, opens fire at New Mexico school, wounds two students
(Reuters) – A 12-year-old boy armed with a shotgun opened fire at a middle school in New Mexico on Tuesday, seriously wounding two students before a staff member persuaded him to put down the firearm, authorities said.
