Insight: Rocker judge juggles tech policy, Supreme Court and the Stones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the cloistered federal appeals courts, where cameras are taboo and life-tenured judges toil in seclusion, Randall Rader relishes his persona as a hard-charging front man.
U.S. schools look to guards, technology a year after Sandy Hook
MILWAUKEE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A year after a gunman massacred 26 first-graders and adults in a Connecticut elementary school, educational officials across the United States continue to face the longstanding question of how to best protect their stud…
New York asks wireless carriers why they oppose antitheft switch: NYT
(Reuters) – New York State attorney general is investigating why American cellphone carriers are yet to support antitheft software on Samsung smartphones, raising questions about possible coordination among the biggest carriers, the New York Times repo…
After long fight, new bridge for Detroit may be in sight
DETROIT (Reuters) – A decade ago Les Cadman stopped making improvements to his small house in Detroit’s declining Delray district because it stood in the path of a proposed bridge to Windsor, Ontario, the bustling Canadian city just across the Detroit …
After long fight, new bridge for Detroit may be in sight
DETROIT (Reuters) – A decade ago Les Cadman stopped making improvements to his small house in Detroit’s declining Delray district because it stood in the path of a proposed bridge to Windsor, Ontario, the bustling Canadian city just across the Detroit …
U.S. Mega Millions lottery up to $400 million, 2nd-biggest ever
(Reuters) – The U.S. Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $400 million for the next draw on Friday after no one won the top prize of $344 million on Tuesday evening, lottery organizers said.
Oklahoma executes inmate; Missouri execution stayed
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma on Tuesday executed a man convicted of raping and murdering two elderly women in the 1980s, while Missouri appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to be allowed to proceed with an execution.
Mormon church explains defunct ban on blacks in priesthood
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Thirty-five years after lifting a ban on blacks entering the priesthood, the Mormon church has offered an explanation for a practice that was in place for more than 100 years, saying it was rooted in the racism of the times.
Democrat Clark wins congressional election in Massachusetts
BOSTON (Reuters) – Eastern Massachusetts voters elected a Democratic state senator as their newest representative in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday in a special election to fill the seat formerly held by now-Senator Edward Markey, according to local medi…
Six people rescued from Nevada cold kept warm by heating stones
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 were found alive in a remote mountain range in Nevada on Tuesday huddled in their overturned vehicle, a sheri…
