Big tobacco settles decade-long dispute with New York
(Reuters) – Big U.S. tobacco companies including Reynolds American Inc and Altria Group Inc agreed to pay New York $550 million, or 90 percent, of the amount kept in an escrow account, ending a decade-long dispute.
NBA player accuses Milwaukee-area jeweler of racial profiling
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Milwaukee Bucks forward John Henson has accused a Milwaukee-area jeweler of racial profiling after its employees locked him out and called police when he went to the store to buy a watch on Monday afternoon.
Alabama judge accused of telling debtors to give blood or face jail time
(Reuters) – An Alabama judge told defendants who could not pay court fines that they could donate blood or go to jail, a civil rights legal group has charged in an ethics complaint filed against the official.
Residents allowed to return to areas hit by central Texas wildfire
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Some of the hundreds of residents evacuated last week in a Texas wildfire that hit a pine forest southeast of Austin are being allowed to return to stricken areas, officials said on Tuesday.
Residents allowed to return to areas hit by central Texas wildfire
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Some of the hundreds of residents evacuated last week in a Texas wildfire that hit a pine forest southeast of Austin are being allowed to return to stricken areas, officials said on Tuesday.
Texas police arrest man seen in viral video hitting motorcycle riders
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man seen in a viral video swerving his car and knocking over two people on a motorcycle as they were passing him has been arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, authorities sai…
Ex-Connecticut police dispatcher pleads guilty to drug distribution
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A former Connecticut police department civilian dispatcher faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to participating in a ring that distributed anabolic steroids, cocaine and prescription drugs, federal prosecutor…
Power line opponents give renewables their Keystone moment
(Reuters) – Dave Ulery was set to build his “forever home” on his family’s 26-acre property near the Ozark mountain foothills in Arkansas when a knock on the door heralded trouble.
Oklahoma cracks down more on disposal wells after Cushing quakes
CUSHING, Okla./HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oklahoma regulators are cracking down harder on saltwater disposal wells near the vitally important Cushing crude storage hub, where a rash of quakes have stoked concerns its tanks and pipelines may not be designed to…
Man stabs, slashes two Detroit emergency medical technicians
DETROIT (Reuters) – A man stabbed and slashed two emergency medical technicians across the face with a box cutter when they responded to an emergency call early on Tuesday near downtown Detroit, a city spokesman said.
