Learjet crashes off Florida coast, two bodies found
(Reuters) – A private jet with perhaps four people aboard crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday, and two bodies have been recovered, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said.
Florida Tea Party congressman to be in court on drug charge
MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Trey Radel, a Tea Party Republican from Florida, is due to be arraigned Wednesday in a Washington, D.C., court on a misdemeanor charge of drug possession, according to court documents.
Obama pens tribute to Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a handwritten tribute to the words of a president he has long admired, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the Gettysburg Address has provided him late-night solace when he considers the long struggle for equality in A…
U.S. judge grants Missouri convicted killer stay of execution
(Reuters) – A federal judge granted a serial killer a stay of execution on Tuesday hours before he was to be put to death, allowing him time to challenge Missouri’s new lethal drug protocol, a ruling the state immediately appealed.
Changes weighed for California high school’s Arab mascot
THERMAL, California (Reuters) – School officials are weighing possible changes to a California high school’s decades-old Arab mascot that an Arab-American rights group has called offensive, the local school superintendent said on Tuesday.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to block Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON/DALLAS (Reuters) – A split U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to block implementation of a new abortion law in Texas that already has prompted a dozen clinics in the state to stop performing the procedure.
Walt Disney’s daughter, Diane Disney Miller, dies at age 79
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Diane Disney Miller, philanthropist and daughter of cartoon and theme park pioneer Walt Disney, died on Tuesday in California. She was 79.
Toronto mayor vows to go clean while city hall changes the locks
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford vowed on Tuesday he would stay away from drugs, alcohol and “bad company” as he tries to rebound from a drug scandal that prompted city council to strip away much of his power.
Nation remembers Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 150 years later
GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Thousands of spectators gathered on Tuesday to mark the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, considered one of the greatest speeches in American history for saying so much in so few w…
Tea Party Florida congressman to be arraigned on drug charge
MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Trey Radel, a Tea Party Republican from Florida, is due to be arraigned in a Washington, D.C. court on Wednesday on a misdemeanor charge of drug possession, according to court documents.
