U.S. soldier accused in militia plot to face trial in wife’s death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A U.S. Army soldier accused of using his wife’s $500,000 life insurance benefits to fund an anti-government militia group will face a court-martial on charges that he killed her and their unborn child, a military spokesman said on T…
Police ordered to release 911 audio tapes from Newtown shooting
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – Police in Newtown, Connecticut, have been ordered to release 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School during last December’s massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators by a lone gunman.
U.S. backs market scheme for aviation emissions from 2020
MONTREAL (Reuters) – The United States supports a proposed market-based system to curb carbon emissions from the global aviation sector starting in 2020, but warned that concerns over measures to lower emissions in the interim threaten to undercut the …
Texas man set to be executed for murder over $100 debt
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man who stabbed another man to death when he failed to pay back a $100 debt to an exotic dancer is scheduled to be executed on Thursday.
West Virginia University tops Playboy’s 2013 party school list
(Reuters) – West Virginia University can claim a new national title – the United States’ top party school.
California man behind anti-Islam film to be freed from federal custody
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The man behind a film that stoked anti-U.S. protests across the Muslim world was due for release from federal custody in California on Thursday after serving time for probation violations stemming from his role in making the vid…
Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver commits suicide in Georgia
(Reuters) – Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver, 29, has shot and killed himself at his home in an Atlanta suburb, police said on Wednesday.
U.S. union efforts at VW plant may face hurdle after eight workers say misled
DETROIT (Reuters) – Eight employees at Volkswagen AG’s Tennessee plant have said they were misled into endorsing the United Auto Workers, handing some ammunition to opponents of the union’s efforts to organize for the first time at a foreign-owned U.S….
Ex-President George H.W. Bush serves as witness at same-sex wedding
(Reuters) – Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, were the official witnesses of a same-sex marriage between two women in Maine over the weekend, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
U.S. audit finds lack of oversight in ATF probes of cigarette smuggling
(Reuters) – Federal agents conducted dozens of income-generating tobacco sting operations without approval during the last seven years and misplaced more than 2 million cartons of cigarettes, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Jus…
