Reuters US Domestic News Summary

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. California prosecutors to seek death penalty in 'Golden State Killer' murders

Four California district attorneys have jointly agreed to seek the death penalty if they win a conviction of an ex-policeman charged with 13 counts of murder attributed to a serial predator dubbed the "Golden State Killer," prosecutors said on Wednesday. The decision, disclosed during a court hearing for the suspect, Joseph James DeAngelo, 73, put the prosecutors at odds with a statewide moratorium on capital punishment declared last month by Governor Gavin Newsom. Two missing California mountain hikers found alive after five days missing

After five days missing, rescuers found two California mountain hikers alive on Wednesday evening, the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department announced. A search team found Eric Desplinter, 33, and Gabrielle Wallace, 31, in the Cucamonga Canyon near California's Mt. Baldy area, which is 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Los Angeles, officials said in a statement. Suspect arrested in fires at three black churches in Louisiana

Police have arrested a man suspected of setting fire to three predominately black churches in a southern Louisiana parish, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday. "A suspect has been identified in connection with three church burnings in Opelousas, Louisiana, and is in state custody," David Joseph, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, said in a statement. Pentagon to find places to potentially house up to 5,000 unaccompanied migrant children

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has approved a request to identify places to potentially house up to 5,000 unaccompanied migrant children, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. In March, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requested Pentagon support to identify locations to house unaccompanied migrant children through Sept. 30. Alabama man convicted of sword-and-dagger Christmas killing of minister faces execution

An Alabama man convicted of killing a minister and wounding his wife with a sword and dagger while robbing their home three days before Christmas in 1991 faces execution on Thursday. Christopher Price, 46, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. EDT at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. Minnesota arrests 58 in child sex sting during NCAA Final Four weekend

Nearly five dozen people were arrested in a Minnesota undercover sting operation for attempting to meet up with children for sex or for sex-trafficking of minors during last weekend's NCAA Final Four basketball tournament, authorities said on Wednesday. Undercover agents from dozens of agencies in Minnesota spent Friday through Monday posing as children or sex buyers on various social media platforms. The agents chatted with suspects online and then arrested them when they arrived at an arranged meeting place for an encounter, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said in a statement. Beto O'Rourke's past support for charter schools scrutinized in 2020 White House bid

Democrat Beto O'Rourke has called for investment in a "world-class public school system" and says teachers make up the single biggest professional group contributing to his 2020 presidential campaign. But several teacher groups say the former Texas congressman's support for charter schools in recent years is complicating his efforts to secure their backing in his White House bid. Exclusive: Report gives glimpse into murky world of U.S. prostitution in post-Backpage era

In the year since U.S. authorities shut down sex ad website Backpage.com, the online prostitution market has splintered across a dark and volatile internet landscape with dozens of players trying to fill the void, according to an analysis conducted by a counter-human trafficking technology company. The report, shared with Reuters by Childsafe.AI, also shows that a landmark package of sex trafficking laws passed by U.S. Congress, known collectively as SESTA-FOSTA, has made it difficult for sex classified websites to operate. More U.S. states push ahead with near-bans on abortion for Supreme Court challenge

North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform a second-trimester abortion using instruments like forceps and clamps to remove the fetus from the womb. The move came the same day that Ohio's Republican-controlled legislature passed one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans - outlawing the procedure if a doctor can detect a heartbeat. The bill now goes to Republican Governor Mike DeWine, who is expected to sign it. A new 'bomb cyclone' blizzard hits U.S. Plains and Midwest

A "bomb cyclone" blizzard, the second in a month, hit the Rockies on Wednesday and spun into the U.S. Plains and Midwest, bringing fears of more flooding in areas still recovering from last month's deluge. Warm spring temperatures on Tuesday, upwards of 80 degrees Fahrenheit in Denver, gave way to frigid 20s, heavy snow, gale-force winds and life-threatening conditions, the National Weather Service said.

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