Colorado’s anti-fracking measures fail to qualify for ballot
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Environmental groups have failed to gather enough signatures to put two measures on Colorado’s ballot in November that aim to curb fracking and oil and gas work, the state said on Monday.
Massachusetts man charged with stockpiling arms mulled attack-prosecutors
BOSTON (Reuters) – A suburban Boston man who was arrested over the weekend illegally stockpiled weapons in violation of a court order and had mulled attacking a police station or a mosque, according to federal prosecutors.
Judge dismisses Citizens United challenge to New York donor rules
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit in which Citizens United sought to block New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman from enforcing rules requiring the conservative group to disclose more information about its donors….
HSBC executive pleads not guilty in U.S. over forex scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A senior HSBC Holdings Plc executive pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he participated in a fraudulent scheme to front-run a $3.5 billion currency transaction by one of the bank’s clients.
Social media adds to panic over ‘gunfire’ at L.A. airport: police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A security panic that crippled Los Angeles International Airport and sent hundreds of passengers fleeing from terminals was triggered by reports of gunfire that proved false but were amplified by word-of-mouth and social media, …
More U.S. counties to see Obamacare marketplace monopoly: analysis
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nearly a third of U.S. counties likely will be served by only one insurer that participates in an Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace in 2017, according to an analysis published on Sunday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Louisiana authorities search for three escaped prisoners
(Reuters) – Louisiana authorities on Monday were searching for three inmates who scaled razor wire fencing to escape from a medium-security prison, the local sheriff’s department said.
Two dead, 41 hurt in bus crash involving Louisiana flood: relief volunteers
(Reuters) – A bus with an unlicensed driver spun out of control near New Orleans on Sunday, killing two people and injuring 41, while taking volunteers to help with Louisiana flood relief, officials said.
U.S. FDA issues emergency use authorization for Zika test: Roche
ZURICH (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued emergency authorization for a Zika diagnostics test from Swiss drugmaker Roche, skirting normal approval channels as the regulator moves to fight the disease’s spread.
Two Chicago brothers on parole charged in murder of NBA star’s cousin
(Reuters) – Chicago police on Sunday said they have arrested two brothers and charged them with the fatal shooting of basketball star Dwyane Wade’s cousin as she pushed a baby in a stroller, a murder that has stunned a city plagued by a surge in gang-r…
