Texan killed her husband and their 3 kids, then herself: sheriff
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A North Texas woman shot dead her husband and three children before turning the gun on herself, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that they still do not know her motive.
Court-martial delayed for U.S. general accused of sexual assault
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – The court-martial for a U.S. Army general accused of forcing a subordinate to have sex has been delayed until January, officials at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, said on Tuesday.
U.S. Senate confirms first openly gay federal appeals court judge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to confirm Todd Hughes to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, making him the first openly gay judge to serve on an appeals court in the United States.
Faculty sues to keep California’s biggest community college open
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Teachers at City College of San Francisco on Tuesday sued to block regulators from taking steps to shutter California’s largest community college, which was stripped of its accreditation earlier this year.
California law allows kids to erase digital indiscretions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California teenagers, who post photographs of themselves wearing too little clothing or having had too much to drink, will have the legal right to erase their online indiscretions under newly enacted first-in-the-nation legisl…
U.S. Senate Republicans start closing ranks on spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday appeared to fall in line with their leaders who want to pass an emergency spending bill by September 30 and avoid government shutdowns, even if it means failing in a drive to destroy “Obamacare….
List of missing Colorado flood victims down to just one
DENVER (Reuters) – The list of people still missing in the devastating Colorado floods dwindled to one person on Tuesday, a woman who is presumed dead, after six others once among the hundreds unaccounted for notified authorities that they were alive a…
U.S. state tax revenues hit record highs in second quarter: Census
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tax revenues for U.S. states soared to their highest in 25 years in the second quarter as personal income tax collections reached record amounts, U.S. Census data released on Tuesday showed.
NCAA restoring some football scholarships at Penn State
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The organization which regulates U.S. college sports, the NCAA, said on Tuesday it would allow Penn State to gradually restore scholarships for football because the university had made progress in regaining “integrity” followin…
Four men now charged in Chicago shooting that hurt 13
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Gang members sprayed bullets into a Chicago city park last week – injuring a three-year-old boy and 12 other people – after one of them had been grazed by a bullet hours earlier, police said on Tuesday.
