Massachusetts delays retail sales of marijuana by six months
(Reuters) – Massachusetts lawmakers on Wednesday pushed through a surprise six-month delay in the retail sale of marijuana for recreational use, saying they needed more time to tinker with a legalization measure that voters approved last month.
Montana lawmakers denounce plans for neo-Nazi rally
(Reuters) – Top Montana Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday warned neo-Nazis they would find “no safe haven” for a rally that could include guns planned for next month in a mountain town where white nationalists have threatened Jewish reside…
Medtronic must face revived U.S. lawsuit over Infuse
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Medtronic Plc of defrauding shareholders by covering up negative side effects from its Infuse bone growth product for nearly a decade.
Chicago police body-camera rollout to be finished early: mayor
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago will complete the rollout of body-worn cameras for its police officers a year earlier than planned to increase transparency and rebuild trust in a department currently under a federal civil rights investigation, the mayor sa…
U.S. appeals court rejects SEC’s use of administrative law judges
(Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s in-house administrative judges are not constitutionally appointed, raising the prospect that the U.S. Supreme Court may need to address the issue.
Former Pennsylvania professor sued by child pornography victims
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Eight women who appeared as children in illegal pornography have sued a former Pennsylvania college professor, saying they are owed damages because he owned and traded images of them being sexually abused.
South Carolina church shooter seeks to keep mental health evidence from jury
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Dylann Roof, the man convicted in a church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, asked a judge on Wednesday to keep details about his mental health sealed for the sentencing phase of his federal death penalty trial next w…
Wisconsin mall evacuated due to threats, a day after mall fight spree
(Reuters) – A mall near Appleton, Wisconsin, was evacuated on Tuesday as a precaution due to “an unsubstantiated threat,” a county official said, adding the incident does not appear to be linked to fights that broke out at several U.S. malls a day earl…
U.S. Coast Guard ends search for cruise ship passenger off New Jersey
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard has called off a search for a woman who went missing from the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship off the coast of New Jersey over the Christmas holiday weekend, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
U.S. appeals court revives Clinton email suit
(This Dec. 27 story corrects to say 55,000 pages of emails instead of 55,000 emails in 3rd paragraph)
