Attorneys: Condemned killer in Texas is delusional

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – Attorneys for a Texas death row inmate argue his execution set for Wednesday evening would provide no retribution or deterrence because prisoner Scott Panetti is too delusional. Panetti’s lawyers are asking that his scheduled lethal injection be stopped and want the U.S. Supreme Court to examine the broader question of whether […]

Teen charged with bringing gun to school

LARGO, Fla. (AP) – A Largo High School student is accused of bringing an unloaded handgun to school. Police say they have no information that the teen intended to fire the weapon at school. The 17-year-old told police he brought the .22-caliber weapon to school on Tuesday to prevent his mother from finding it at […]

IBM helps you donate computer power to fight Ebola

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – IBM has engineered a way for everyone to join the fight against Ebola – by donating processing time on their personal computers, phones or tablets to researchers. IBM has teamed with scientists at Scripps Research Institute in southern California on a project that aims to combine the power of thousands of […]

School bus burns on I-4 between Orlando and Tampa

DAVENPORT, Fla. (AP) – The Florida Highway Patrol says a school bus caught on fire as it traveled on Interstate 4 in central Florida. Troopers dispatched units about 7:42 a.m. Wednesday as the bus was stopped near U.S. 27 in Davenport, which is between Tampa and Orlando. The Discovery Academy bus experienced mechanical problems and […]

Justices to hear pregnancy discrimination case

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is taking up a pregnancy discrimination case with the potential to affect many American women who continue to work throughout their pregnancies. The case before the justices Wednesday involves a former driver for United Parcel Service who wanted a temporary assignment to avoid lifting heavy packages after she became […]

Three Hong Kong protest leaders surrender to police

HONG KONG (AP) – Three founders of a civil disobedience campaign that helped spark Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests surrendered to police Wednesday, saying they want to take responsibility for their actions and that time has come to end the increasingly violent street demonstrations. Professors Benny Tai Yiu-ting and Chan Kin-man and the Rev. Chu Yiu-ming […]