Saltwater damage from Sandy to blame for Jersey blaze: official
TOMS RIVER, New Jersey (Reuters) – The fire that destroyed six blocks of boardwalk and damaged as many as 30 businesses in two New Jersey shore towns was the result of wires damaged during flooding from last year’s Superstorm Sandy, the official who le…
Bin Laden son in law seeks to have statements suppressed in U.S. trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for Osama bin Laden’s son in law peppered U.S. officials with questions on Tuesday about his interrogation earlier this year as they seek to have those statements suppressed as evidence in his upcoming trial.
Occupy Wall Street marks second anniversary with quiet rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two years after getting its start in a downtown Manhattan park, Occupy Wall Street, the populist movement protesting economic inequality, marked its second anniversary on Tuesday with a protest near the New York Stock Exchange and …
UK man gets 27 years in U.S. jail for plot to torture, eat child
WORCESTER, Massachusetts (Reuters) – A British man who admitted planning to kidnap, torture and eat at least one child using a sound-proofed dungeon he built in his home in Massachusetts was sentenced to nearly 27 years in U.S. prison on Tuesday.
Albuquerque to put first-ever municipal abortion ban on ballot
(Reuters) – A bill banning abortions in Albuquerque after 20 weeks of pregnancy will be put to voters in New Mexico’s most populous city in November and could become the first municipal abortion ban in the nation.
Pentagon audit shows Naval security flaws due to cost cutting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Department of Defense’s Office of the Inspector General released a year-long audit of a Navy commercial access control system on Tuesday that showed serious flaws because officials had tried to reduce costs.
Colorado evacuations continue as flood crest moves downstream
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado authorities coping with the aftermath of last week’s deadly downpours stepped up the search for victims left stranded in the foothills of the Rockies and evacuations of prairie towns in danger of being swamped as the flood c…
Washington shooting suspect’s employer says checks only showed traffic violation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The company that employed the Texas man suspected of going on a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard said on Tuesday it had enlisted a service to perform two background checks on him over the last year and had twice confi…
Obamacare customers may show up in fits and starts
(Reuters) – Will Obamacare’s launch look more like Black Friday, when U.S. shoppers flood retail stores for bargains the day after Thanksgiving, or April 15, when procrastinators wait until nearly midnight to file their taxes?
Year-long audit of U.S. Navy security showed flaws: congressman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressman, speaking after a mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, said he understood a year-long investigation of security at the country’s Navy installations had shown serious flaws partly driven by cost-cutting.
