Tourists behind bars: Old prisons cater to the curious
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Halfway through a tour of the bleak, deserted Missouri State Penitentiary – notorious in its day for assaults, murders and gas chamber executions – nurse Donna Springer tried to explain why she wanted to visit such …
Even in a U.S. government shutdown, Obamacare exchanges could function
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. State officials behind the launch of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform on October 1 say they could weather a federal government shutdown, though the scenario would add new pressure to the political attacks and technic…
Americans injured in Kenya mall attack: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it had reports that American citizens were injured in an attack when gunmen stormed a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and it condemned the shooting as a “senseless act of v…
Four dead in latest Chicago shootings after 13 wounded at park
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A series of gun attacks overnight in Chicago left four men dead, following a shooting at a South Side park that wounded 13 people this week, police said on Saturday.
County clerks on front lines of U.S. gay marriage battle
(Reuters) – For weeks, the lesbian couple courted the Guilford County register of deeds in North Carolina before asking for a marriage license. They went for coffee, shared life stories and, finally, prayed with him in a big circle on the grass outside…
Pot: Alaska, Oregon may vote to inhale next year
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Marijuana legalization activists hope Alaska and Oregon will become the next two states to put recreational use of the drug before the voters, perhaps as early as next year.
Small plane crashes near Atlantic City; pilot reported dead
(Reuters) – A small Vans RV7A aircraft crashed late Friday afternoon near Atlantic City, New Jersey, officials said, reportedly killing the pilot, who was the only person onboard.
Guantanamo hearing ends without ruling on ‘Starbucks solution’
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – The judge in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal recessed a weeklong hearing in the September 11 conspiracy case on Friday evening without ruling on a defense request to halt future hearings until Pentago…
Search narrows for missing in Colorado flood disaster
DENVER (Reuters) – Disaster teams in flood-ravaged foothills of Colorado narrowed their search on Friday for 82 people still unaccounted for a week and a half after torrential rains began, and officials said some of the missing would most likely be add…
California law to regulate fracking signed by governor
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California’s first regulations on fracking and related oil production practices will go into effect next year in the most populous U.S. state under a bill signed into law on Friday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.
