Ohio man with over 100 snakes pleads not guilty to selling exotic animals
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man whose home was stacked “floor to ceiling” with more than 100 snakes, including some venomous vipers, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of illegally selling dangerous animals, a court administrator said.
N.C. official accepts same-sex marriage applications despite ban
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – A North Carolina official accepted marriage license applications on Tuesday from 12 same-sex couples – an unprecedented move in the U.S. South that advocates hoped would spur others to challenge state bans on s…
Woman killed after trying to ram White House barrier buried in N.Y.
(Reuters) – The woman who was chased down and shot dead by Washington police after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier was buried in New York City on Tuesday.
Two girls arrested in Florida online bullying death
(Reuters) – Two girls, ages 12 and 14, have been charged with felony aggravated stalking for what a Florida sheriff described on Tuesday as “maliciously harassing” a 12-year-old girl who jumped from a tower to her death.
High court justices question rights case against Daimler AG
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of Supreme Court justices raised doubts on Tuesday over whether Daimler AG can be sued in federal court for allegations that a subsidiary violated the human rights of workers at a plant in Argentina in the 1970s.
Mom did not report Baby Hope missing ‘because she wasn’t’: report
(Reuters) – The mother of the girl known as “Baby Hope,” who was murdered and put in a cooler in 1991 and just recently identified, told a TV station on Tuesday that she did not report her daughter’s disappearance because did not realize the girl was m…
Qaeda suspect’s shipboard fast brings halt to U.S. interrogation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An elite U.S. interrogation team abandoned its questioning of an al-Qaeda militant who was snatched in Libya after he stopped eating and drinking regularly on board a U.S. Navy ship where he was being held, a U.S. official famili…
Supreme Court declines to hear California prison case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined for the second time to take up a long-running dispute about overcrowding in California prisons.
Talks to avert San Francisco rail strike continue through night
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Talks to avert a potentially crippling San Francisco area rail strike failed to produce a deal by a Monday midnight deadline, but the sides will continue to meet through the night and trains will run on Tuesday, a federal medi…
U.S. Army captain to get Medal of Honor for valor in Afghan ambush
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Retired U.S. Army Captain William Swenson, who rescued wounded soldiers under fire during a deadly Afghan ambush, is scheduled to receive the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. honor for valor, on Tuesday from President Barack Obam…
