Colorado sheriff accused of sexually assaulting female prisoner
DENVER (Reuters) – An elected sheriff from a rural county in Colorado has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a developmentally disabled woman at his home before transporting her to jail, court documents showed on Wednesday.
Florida governor complains U.S. not doing enough to fight Zika
CHICAGO/MIAMI (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott said on Wednesday the federal government had so far not delivered all the Zika antibody tests and laboratory support he had requested as the state battles the spread of the virus.
Celebrities join Native American pipeline protest in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Actors Susan Sarandon, Riley Keough and Shailene Woodley joined members of North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux Tribe outside a courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to protest against construction of a pipeline they say wou…
California legislature passes climate change bills
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California lawmakers voted to extend the state’s climate change fighting efforts out to 2030 on Wednesday, giving a new lease on life to the most ambitious greenhouse gas reduction program in the country.
Clinton calls for lower price on allergy drug EpiPen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on pharmaceutical company Mylan NV to voluntarily drop the price of its severe allergy treatment drug EpiPen, which has increased in price by more than 400 percent in the p…
Wildfire forces closure of south entrance to Yellowstone National Park
CODY, Wyo. (Reuters) – Burning trees and thick smoke from a large Wyoming wildfire have prompted authorities to close the main connecting road between the south end of Yellowstone National Park and the northern border of Grand Teton National Park.
Obama creates new national monument in Maine forest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday designated 87,500 acres in Maine’s North Woods as a national monument, as the administration prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
El Faro captain ordered crew to abandon ship before sinking
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The captain of the doomed El Faro cargo ship sounded an alarm for his crew to abandon the vessel shortly before it sank last fall in a hurricane near the Bahamas, killing all 33 onboard, the U.S. National Transportation Safety B…
Texas students use sex toys to protest new gun laws on campus
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – To protest a new state law that makes the carrying of concealed handguns legal in college classrooms, students at the University of Texas on Wednesday openly displayed sex toys, an act considered illegal under local indecency …
Mississippi man sentenced to eight years for trying to join Islamic State
(Reuters) – A Mississippi man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday for conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State after he and his wife planned with an undercover FBI employee to travel to Syria to join the militant group, p…
