U.S. pastor faces church trial for performing son’s gay wedding
SPRING CITY, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – A pastor on trial by Methodist church officials for officiating at his son’s same-sex marriage said on Monday he had been conflicted about performing the 2007 ceremony, but chose to violate his denomination’s teach…
Oklahoma probes skeletal remains for link to family missing four years
(Reuters) – Three sets of skeletal remains discovered in rural Oklahoma over the weekend may be tied to a 2009 case in which two adults and a child went missing, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said on Monday.
Economies likely stalled in more than 100 US metros in 2013: Mayors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The economies of 119 U.S. metropolitan areas likely either declined or were flat this year, compared to only 73 areas where the local economies sputtered in 2012, according to a report released by the U.S. Conference of Mayors on…
Texas to release “San Antonio Four” in lesbian sexual assault case
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Texas prosecutors reached a deal on Monday to release three women imprisoned since 1998 on sexual assault convictions that critics say were based more on mistaken ideas of lesbian behavior than evidence presented in court…
New York man dies during freedive competition in Bahamas
NASSAU (Reuters) – A record-holding diver died during a freediving competition in the Bahamas on Sunday in what officials said was the first fatality in the sport’s 21 years of official competition.
Children’s author, Barbara Park, dies of cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Barbara Park, the author of the best-selling Junie B. Jones series for children, has died at age 66 after a long battle against of ovarian cancer, her publisher said on Monday.
Fire injures three at Tennessee oil storage facility: reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fire broke out on Monday at an oil storage facility in Shelbyville, Tennessee, injuring three people, local media reports and the city’s fire department said.
U.S. justices won’t review intelligence court action on phone records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would not review a ruling by the secretive intelligence court that gave the government access to records kept by Verizon Communications Inc on millions of telephone calls.
Plane evacuated in Ohio after bomb threat
(Reuters) – Passengers evacuated an American Airlines plane on the tarmac of Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday in response to a bomb threat on the plane that arrived as scheduled from Dallas, officials said.
Oswald in lens, Ruby at his shoulder as Texas cameraman filmed history
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – As George Phenix shouldered his news camera in the throng of 50 reporters crowded noisily into the basement of the Dallas Police Department headquarters, he did not notice the man in a hat standing beside him.
