Four men found shot dead in north Texas home
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Four men were found shot dead in a house north of Dallas after police got a call from a woman who had stopped by and discovered their bodies in a front room, the chief of police said on Thursday.
Convicted WikiLeaks soldier Manning says not a pacifist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chelsea Manning, the soldier imprisoned for the biggest leak of classified data in U.S. history, says she is unhappy about being presented as a conscientious objector and pacifist after winning a peace award.
In Boston case, Aereo wins another round against a broadcaster
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Online TV service Aereo Inc has logged another court victory, with a federal judge refusing to temporarily shut down the IAC-backed start-up in a lawsuit brought by a Boston station owned by Hearst Television Inc.
Alumna gives $100 million to Pennsylvania prep school
(Reuters) – A small private prep school in Pennsylvania has received a $100 million gift from an alumna, one of the largest ever gifts to a U.S. independent secondary school, officials said on Thursday.
After Superstorm Sandy, some New York artists struggle to come back
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Superstorm Sandy slammed into New York City last October, much of abstract painter Ronnie Landfield’s life’s work lay submerged under 28 inches of water in his Manhattan studio, where he had lived and worked since 1969.
Father to meet fugitive Snowden in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden’s father arrived in Moscow on Thursday to see his son, who was granted asylum in Russia after leaking details of government surveillance programs.
Ex-Detroit mayor facing federal prison on corruption convictions
DETROIT (Reuters) – Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, once seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party, is set to be sentenced Thursday on federal public corruption and bribery convictions prosecutors have said justify a prison term of at least …
Ex-cop killed in West Virginia federal building gun battle
BECKLEY, West Virginia (Reuters) – A former police officer armed with an assault rifle opened fire on the Federal Building in Wheeling, West Virginia, on Wednesday, before being shot dead when security officers returned fire, authorities said.
California enacts law allowing nurses to perform some abortions
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California’s Democratic governor signed a law on Wednesday that will allow nurses and midwives to perform some abortions, a move aimed at increasing access to the procedure even as other states are tightening the rule…
Smartphone users oblivious to gunman who killed student on train
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When a California college student was shot dead by a stranger on a crowded commuter train in San Francisco last month, none of the dozens of passengers on board saw it coming – they were too absorbed in their mobile devices, o…
