Tiny New Hampshire communities guard midnight voting tradition
HART’S LOCATION, N.H. (Reuters) – At midnight on a yet-to-be chosen Tuesday early next year, the roughly 40 residents of New Hampshire’s smallest town will pack into a small log building off the main road to cast some of the first votes in the race for…
U.S. police chiefs call for background checks for all gun purchases
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Police chiefs from across the United States called on Monday for universal background checks for firearms purchases, saying opinion polls consistently show that most Americans support such restrictions.
Navy veteran sues U.S. State Department for denying ‘intersex’ passport
DENVER (Reuters) – A Navy veteran from Colorado who identifies as neither male nor female has sued the U.S. Department of State after being denied a passport for refusing to select a gender on the application, court documents showed on Monday.
Sacramento OKs ban of loud or sleeping people from buses and trains
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Loud or sleeping people will soon be asked to leave buses and light rail trains in Sacramento under new rules approved by transportation officials Monday night, though efforts to ban smelly riders did not pass.
Gunman kills himself after firing shots at Iowa businesses
BETTENDORF, Iowa (Reuters) – A 40-year-old man armed with a handgun shot himself in the head on Monday afternoon when confronted by police responding to reports of shots fired at a business in Bettendorf, Iowa, a city spokeswoman said.
California city may ban loud, smelly people from buses and trains
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Loud, smelly people could be asked to leave buses and light rail trains in Sacramento under new rules to be considered by transportation officials Monday night, the latest in a series of steps to make California’s capital…
U.S. police chiefs call for background checks for all gun purchases
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Police chiefs from across the United States called on Monday for universal background checks for firearms purchases, saying opinion polls consistently show that most Americans support such restrictions.
Oklahoma man in beheading murder wants to be executed: psychologist
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma man charged with first-degree murder in the beheading death of a woman at an Oklahoma City-area food-processing plant wants to be executed, a psychologist testified on Monday.
Convicted Russian arms dealer Bout loses bid for new U.S. trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Manhattan federal judge said convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence, does not deserve a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence.
Ex-U.N. diplomat in bribe case likely faces more charges: U.S. prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former United Nations General Assembly president accused of being part of a bribery scheme would likely face additional charges, a U.S. prosecutor said on Monday, hours before the diplomat was released from jail.
