A girl and her dog: top U.S. court mulls discrimination claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Not for the first time, a pooch named Wonder was left out in the cold on Monday, waiting outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices considered whether a Michigan school district can be sued for not letting a disabled girl tak…
Defendant in U.S. opioid kickback case claims constitutional right to smoke pot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. ex-pharmaceutical sales representative accused of paying kickbacks to induce doctors to write prescriptions for an opioid drug is asserting he has a constitutional right to continue smoking marijuana so he can remain clear…
Got bank? Election could create flood of marijuana cash with no place to go
October 31 (Reuters) – Although the sale of marijuana is a federal crime, the number of U.S. banks working with pot businesses, now sanctioned in many states, is growing, up 45 percent in the last year alone.
Fire at Ford Motor headquarters in Michigan, none injured
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said a fire at its headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, on Monday did not injure anyone but caused the 1,500 employees based there to leave the 60-year-old building for the day.
Convicted Russian arms dealer Bout returns to U.S. appeals court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for agreeing to sell weapons to people he thought were Colombian rebels, urged a U.S. appeals court on Monday to overturn a ruling that denied him a new …
Petition of White House to reverse Navy ratings change tops threshold
(Reuters) – A petition to the White House to halt the U.S. Navy’s abolition of sailors’ traditional ratings that are more than two centuries old has topped 100,000 signatures, above the number needed for an official response, according to the online pe…
Three found shot to death in Kansas were targeted: police
(Reuters) – Two men and a woman were found shot to death outside a home in a rural county of Kansas in an apparent triple homicide, police said on Monday.
McDonald’s to pay $3.75 million in first settlement with franchise workers
(Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it was liable for labor law violations by a California franchisee, marking what lawyers said was the first time the company has settled legal claims by a group of …
Oklahoma man charged with double murder dead in shootout after weeklong spree
(Reuters) – A man who had been on the run for nearly a week after being suspected of killing two relatives and trying to decapitate them was killed on Sunday night in a shootout with police.
Fire near North Dakota pipeline protests is under investigation
CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – Authorities were looking into the cause of a blaze that burned through about 400 acres near where Native American leaders are protesting against a North Dakota oil pipeline they say threatens water and sacred lands, offici…
