Police consultant to monitor changes to Cleveland department
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Cleveland has selected a Los Angeles-based police consulting firm to monitor efforts to reform its police department after a U.S. Justice Department report that found widespread excessive use-of-force, city officials said on Thurs…
California met water conservation goals for August, state says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Drought-parched California exceeded state conservation goals for the third straight month in August, making it through most of the hottest and driest part of the year as rains linked to the oceanic and weather phenomenon …
Oregon becomes third U.S. state to allow recreational marijuana sales
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Marijuana sales for recreational use began in Oregon on Thursday as it joined Washington state and Colorado in allowing the sale of a drug that remains illegal under U.S. federal law.
Hovercraft-riding moose hunter’s case gets Supreme Court review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear an appeal filed by an Alaskan moose hunter who objected to the U.S. government telling him he cannot ride his hovercraft through a federally owned preserve.
Suprme Court to examine judge’s role in Pennsylvania death penalty case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear an appeal by a Pennsylvania death row inmate who contends that a state judge who upheld his murder conviction should have stepped aside because of his prior role as a prosecut…
Oklahoma governor grants last-minute stay of execution after drug mix-up
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s governor granted a last-minute stay of execution on Wednesday to an inmate convicted of hiring a hit man, saying the state needed time to determine if one of three drugs it planned to use complies with its court-app…
Supreme Court to hear Iran central bank appeal of $1.75 billion judgment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider whether Iranian funds worth $1.75 billion must be turned over to families of the victims of the 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut.
Clinton to promote plan to combat addiction with spending on treatment
BOSTON (Reuters) – Democratic White House front-runner Hillary Clinton heads to Boston on Thursday to discuss her $10 billion plan to tackle drug and alcohol addiction in the United States, a problem she has brought up repeatedly on the campaign trail….
Miami police charges against Tomic dropped: media
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Miami police have dropped charges of trespassing and resisting arrest against tennis player Bernard Tomic, Australian media reported on Thursday.
Hurricane Joaquin strengthens, threat to United States unclear
(Reuters) – Hurricane Joaquin strengthened in the Atlantic on Wednesday and is expected to become a major hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, although not all forecast models agreed on whether it would make landfall in the United …
