North Carolina inn reopens after challenging government shutdown closure
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – A North Carolina mountain inn on public land has reopened for business after its owner took legal action to protest its closure by the National Park Service last week as part of the partial federal government s…
U.S. levies $118,300 in fines in Texas fertilizer plant blast
DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) – The U.S. government will fine a Texas fertilizer plant $118,300 for 24 health and safety violations in connection with an April explosion that leveled parts of a small town and killed 14 people, according to an OSHA citation a…
Ex-Detroit mayor sentenced to 28 years on public corruption conviction
DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal judge sentenced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on Thursday to 28 years in prison on his conviction for public corruption charges including bribery and extortion that prosecutors said exacerbated the city’s financial…
Ohio kidnapper may have died in cell during sex act: state probe
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro, found hanging in his prison cell last month, may not have committed suicide but died accidentally while performing a sex act, an Ohio state investigative report suggested on Thursday.
Two ex-Naval Academy football players face trial for sex assault
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two former U.S. Naval Academy football players accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman will be tried by general courts-martial, the school said on Thursday.
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.
