Contractor charged with murder after deadly Philadelphia collapse
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A demolition contractor was charged with murder on Monday for his role in a June building collapse in Philadelphia that killed six people, authorities said.
Law should get tough with bullies, dead Florida girl’s mom says
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The mother of a 12-year-old Florida girl tormented by schoolmates until she killed herself in September said on Monday she would file a civil lawsuit and launch a national crusade to rein in bullies.
Oklahoma women held after four-year-old turns up at school smelling of pot
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The grandmother and great-aunt of an Oklahoma preschooler have been arrested after their four-year-old charge turned up in class smelling of marijuana and apparently high from the drug, police said on Monday.
Spies worry over “doomsday” cache stashed by ex-NSA contractor Snowden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British and U.S. intelligence officials say they are worried about a “doomsday” cache of highly classified, heavily encrypted material they believe former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has stored on a data cl…
Cleveland woman held captive 11 years to write memoir
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The Cleveland kidnapper’s longest-held survivor will write a memoir recounting her 11 years in captivity, a publishing company announced on Monday.
Newtown gunman’s motives may never be understood: prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An investigation into last year’s shooting rampage at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school has been closed and questions surrounding the gunman’s motivation “may never be answered,” the State’s Attorney said in a report issued …
U.S. winter storm threatens to snarl Thanksgiving travel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A major winter storm set to hit the East Coast on Tuesday and Wednesday is threatening to snarl millions of Thanksgiving travelers’ holiday plans, forecasters said on Monday.
U.S. justices to weigh corporate religious rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices could decide on Tuesday to review religious objections made by corporations to a provision of the 2010 federal healthcare law requiring employers to provide health insurance that covers birth control.
Fisker Automotive failure could hit U.S. taxpayers for years to come
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The bankruptcy of Fisker Automotive could end up costing the U.S. government much more than the $168 million it loaned to the maker of the Karma plug-in hybrid sports car.
Amtrak train derails in South Carolina; four suffer minor injuries
(Reuters) – An Amtrak train headed to New York with about 200 passengers aboard derailed in South Carolina early on Monday, causing minor injuries, officials said.
