Boston bomb suspect’s lawyers want prison restrictions eased
BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for accused Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asked a judge on Wednesday to lift sweeping restrictions on his ability to communicate from prison, claiming the measures are hindering his defense and violating his right …
Treacherous weather hampers search for two hikers in Washington state
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Heavy rain and snowfall hampered search efforts for two missing hikers in Washington state on Wednesday, including a woman on a solo hike from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail and a man who was exploring caves…
Justice Scalia says has not expressed view on gay marriage
MEDFORD, Massachusetts (Reuters) – Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, one of four justices to dissent from a June decision by the court that struck down a portion of a federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman, said on Thursday he h…
Southwest fires pilot of jet that landed on nose gear at LaGuardia
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines said on Wednesday it fired the pilot of a plane that crashed at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in July after it touched down on its front landing gear.
U.S. spy agency tested tracking cell phone locations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency has tested its ability to collect Americans’ cellular telephone location data but does not have a program to collect that information, the NSA’s director, General Keith Alexander, said on Wednesd…
Extended government shutdown would pinch housing recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government shutdown will soon begin to delay the approval process for mortgages and could threaten the nascent housing recovery if it stretches to mid-October or beyond.
California outlaws ‘revenge porn’ in first-of-its-kind legislation
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown signed a first-of-its-kind state law criminalizing what has become known as revenge porn, the distribution of private, explicit photos of other people on the Internet, usually by ex-lovers or spou…
Cancellations, delays spread in U.S. government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cancellations and delays caused by the federal government shutdown spread across the United States on Wednesday, ruining dream vacations, upending carefully laid wedding plans and complicating the lives of millions of people.
Obama welcomes Pope Francis’ remarks on gays, abortion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday welcomed Pope Francis’ recent remarks that the Catholic Church must shake off an obsession with teachings on abortion, contraception and homosexuals, saying the pontiff was showing incredible h…
Texas experimenting with secret execution drugs -lawsuit
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Three Texas death row inmates claim the state plans to execute them by experimenting with new drugs, never used for such a purpose, that were obtained under false pretenses, attorneys told Reuters on Wednesday.
