All USA Update
Trials for 3 friends of Boston bombing suspect will be in MassachusettsA federal judge on Tuesday denied requests for out-of-state trials for three men charged with hampering the investigation into the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Impartial juries can be found in Massachusetts, he ruled.
June skiing after May snow? Colorado, now buried, to find out.The storm that hit the Colorado Rockies over the weekend coated Boulder, Colo., in 7 inches of snow and carpeted parts of Utah and Wyoming in the white stuff, as well. That's far short of Boulder's record for May, though.
Texas Panhandle wildfire torches 75 homes, as drought conditions persistThe blaze in a small Texas Panhandle community continues to threaten 1,000 homes. Much of the Southwest faces abnormally high fire potential this month.
- 'Duck Dynasty' II? Brothers lose HGTV show after antigay comments publicized.
Twin brothers David and Jason Benham were set to host the HGTV show 'Flip It Forward,' but this week, the cable channel announced the show’s cancellation. It has not given a reason.
More Americans bike to work, but cars still rule the commuteThe number of Americans who bike to work is on the incline, but is still less than 1 percent of workers nationwide, a US census report shows. Can you guess which cities pedal most?
Oklahoma attorney general agrees to 6-month hold on state executionsThe next scheduled execution in Oklahoma can be delayed for six months, the state's attorney general said Thursday. The hiatus comes after a bungled execution last week that has prompted a Justice Department review of capital punishment in the US.
Boston Marathon bombing: Defense lawyers ask judge to bar death penaltyCiting the national fallout over a botched execution in Oklahoma, lawyers for alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev say federal death sentences should be unconstitutional.
After intense debate, New York Senate chooses yogurt as state snackThe New York state Senate spent 50 minutes on Tuesday debating a senator’s bill to designate yogurt as the state official snack. It passed, but not without some questions. A lot of questions.
- One drug will do for lethal injections, but execution woes go deeper, report says
States' practice of capital punishment is ripe for an overhaul, says a group of US legal experts. Problems with lethal injection, evident in last week's bungled execution in Oklahoma, are just one aspect, their report finds.
Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry honored with 'Hope Award'Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry, and Michelle Knight escaped from a house of abuse in Cleveland a year ago. On the anniversary of their escape, the courage of Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry was recognized with the 'Hope Award.'
As World Trade jumpers plead not guilty, some say security is bigger issueA trio of extreme jumpers faces charges for jumping from the top of One World Trade Center last fall. Parents of firefighters killed on 9/11 are urging leniency, zeroing in on lax security instead.
Good news for Obamacare? Mass. reforms might be saving 320 lives a year.New research credits the state's implementation of universal health coverage in 2006 with a marked decrease in statewide death rates. Major parts of Obamacare are based on Massachusetts’ reforms.
Why the other Clippers owner, Rochelle Sterling, backs NBA sanctionsDonald Sterling's estranged wife and co-owner of the Los Angeles Clippers is a wild card in the NBA's bid to strip Mr. Sterling of his ownership.
Target CEO exits amid fallout from retailer's massive data breachTarget CEO Gregg Steinhafel resigned on Monday, four months after a hacking scandal exposed financial data on some 70 million holiday shoppers, hurting profits and consumer confidence.
Energy Dept. to build nation's first gasoline storage reserves in NortheastThe project is an effort to to prevent another gasoline shortage on the scale of the one that unfolded in the region after superstorm Sandy. It's an expansion of the Energy Department’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve plan.
Obama: Botched execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma 'deeply troubling'A new account of the attempted execution of Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett raises more concerns about the process. Obama orders Justice Department review of use of capital punishment.
Got the urge to leave your state? You must be from Illinois.About half of residents in Illinois, Connecticut, and Maryland would move if they could, a poll finds. Then there's Montana, Hawaii, Maine, Oregon, New Hampshire, and Texas, where more than 3 in 4 want to stay.
Virginia oil train fire: why cities are eager for tighter oil transport rulesThe oil train derailed and burned near downtown Lynchburg just hours before the Department of Transportation announced it was proposing tighter regulations for transporting oil by train.
Which cities have the most polluted air in America?The 2014 'State of the Air' report suggests that, despite progress, California metro areas continue to have the worst air quality in the US.
Botched Oklahoma execution fueling the larger debate on lethal injectionThe Oklahoma governor granted a stay of execution to another inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday night, after the execution earlier that evening appeared to go horribly wrong.
