Judge upholds Seattle’s ‘gun violence’ tax
(Reuters) – A judge upheld Seattle’s new tax on firearms and ammunition sales on Tuesday, rejecting a challenge from the National Rifle Association claiming the measure violated a state law barring municipalities from enacting firearm legislation.
‘Star Wars’ fan arrested over threat to student who revealed plot: prosecutor
(Reuters) – A Montana man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to shoot a student for divulging a plot line from the newly released Star Wars epic, court documents showed on Tuesday.
San Bernardino killer denied militancy in U.S. entry papers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik denied having any militant sympathies or intentions when she was asked in an application form for a U.S. visa two years ago, documents described to Reuters on Tuesday showed.
Real estate heir Robert Durst to be extradited to Los Angeles in writer’s death
(Reuters) – Real estate heir Robert Durst, charged in the 15-year-old murder of a longtime friend as a television show suggested he might have killed her, will return to California from Louisiana to face a homicide charge, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Judge blocks three Black Lives Matter leaders from Minnesota mall protest
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Three leaders of a loosely organized Black Lives Matter group have been barred from a protest planned for Wednesday at the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis, a judge ruled.
Media spotlight will help in catching Texas ‘affluenza’ teen: sheriff
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – The search for a Texas teen from a wealthy family, missing after apparently breaking a probation deal that kept him out of prison for killing four people, has been aided by publicity that could lead to his arrest, a sherif…
Americans aware of Chipotle outbreak eat there less often: poll
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Nearly a quarter of Americans who have heard of recent E. coli outbreaks at Chipotle Mexican Grill said they are eating less often at its restaurants, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday, while social media sentiment towards …
Man cited for killing ‘Bow Tie,’ well-known deer in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Wisconsin man was cited on Tuesday for hunting with an improper license after he killed a large male deer known as “Bow Tie” in the neighborhood around the Milwaukee-area park where it roamed, a state official said.
Driver who plowed into Las Vegas crowd charged with murder
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – An Oregon woman accused of plowing her car into a crowd on the Las Vegas Strip, killing one person and injuring dozens of others, was charged with murder on Tuesday as investigators sought a reason for her actions.
Pennsylvania court orders new trial for priest convicted of sex crimes
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for a Roman Catholic priest who was convicted in a landmark case of mishandling reports of child sex crimes.
