U.S. to end bid to close major California pot dispensary: lawyers
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have agreed to dismiss a four-year-old forfeiture case in northern California aimed at shutting down the largest medical marijuana dispensary in the United States, attorneys for the clinic said on Tuesday.
Islamic State kills U.S. Navy SEAL in northern Iraq
STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) – Islamic State militants killed a U.S. Navy SEAL in northern Iraq on Tuesday after blasting through Kurdish defenses and overrunning a town in the biggest offensive in the area for months, officials said.
Los Angeles ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killer case goes to jury
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A jury was expected to start on Wednesday deciding the fate of a former sanitation worker accused of 10 murders in the Los Angeles “Grim Sleeper” serial killer case.
Detroit teachers expected back in class after pay assurances: union
(Reuters) – Detroit school teachers were expected to return to their classrooms on Wednesday following a two-day “sick-out” over paycheck concerns after receiving assurances from officials “they will be paid for their work,” a union representative said…
White House may create monument to gay rights: Washington Post
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is set to declare the first national monument recognizing the contributions of the U.S. gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, the Washington Post said on Tuesday.
Requests for data rise sharply under secretive U.S. surveillance orders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI requests for customer records under a secretive surveillance order increased by nearly 50 percent in 2015, according to a U.S. government transparency report published this week.
Six funerals held after Ohio family massacre
WEST PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Reuters) – More than a week after eight family members were found shot to death at four separate homes in rural Ohio’s Appalachian foothills, funerals for six of the victims were held on Tuesday as investigators continue to comb …
Alleged Texas shooter knocked murder victim’s gun from his hands: police
DALLAS (Reuters) – An Army private accused of shooting his wife during an argument in a Dallas-area parking lot and killing a man who tried to intervene knocked the man’s gun from his hands, police said on Tuesday.
Ex-N.Y. legislative leader Silver sentenced to 12 years in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, for decades one of the state’s most powerful politicians, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in federal prison for collecting millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks.
No charges against Virginia police for using stun guns on man who later died
(Reuters) – A Virginia prosecutor declined on Tuesday to seek criminal charges against police officers who used stun guns repeatedly on a black man in 2013 before he died.
