U.S. immigration landmark Ellis Island to reopen, a year after Sandy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ellis Island, the patch of land in New York Harbor where millions of immigrants first touched U.S. soil, will partially reopen to the public on Monday, a year after it was submerged by Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters.
Eight U.S. states band together to promote clean cars
(Reuters) – The governors of California, New York and six other states have agreed to put 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles on the road within 12 years, which they said will help the environment and boost the economy.
Demolition of Sandy Hook school, site of massacre, to begin Friday
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – The demolition of Newtown, Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 young children and six adults were shot to death last December, will begin on Friday under a cloak of secrecy meant to discourage souvenir-…
Pirates kidnap two U.S. sailors off Nigerian coast -sources
ABUJA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pirates attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both U.S. citizens, an American defense official and security sources said on Thursday.
California cop who pepper-sprayed student protesters awarded $38,000
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former University of California policeman who stirred public outrage by pepper-spraying peaceful student protesters has been awarded $38,000 in worker’s compensation for psychiatric damage he claimed to have suffered from the …
California police who shot teen dead thought replica gun was real
SANTA ROSA, California (Reuters) – A 13-year-old California boy carrying a replica of an assault rifle to a friend’s house was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy who believed the gun was real, authorities said.
Idaho hiker’s body found after search hampered by government shutdown
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – The body of a missing hiker has been recovered at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in central Idaho after a month-long search hampered by the recent U.S. government shutdown.
Civil rights group sues Missouri for concealing suppliers of execution drugs
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union sued Missouri prison officials on Wednesday seeking to force the state to divulge the compounding pharmacies that supply its lethal execution drugs and identities of other members of …
Kennedy cousin convicted of murder is granted new trial, attorney says
(Reuters) – A Connecticut judge on Wednesday ordered a new trial for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, who was convicted more than a decade ago of murdering a teenage neighbor, his defense attorney’s office said.
Judge lowers bail in Los Angeles airport dry ice bombs case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two airport workers accused of planting dry ice bombs at the Los Angeles International Airport had their bail reduced on Wednesday by a judge who nevertheless lectured them on the irresponsibility of such actions.
