California governor approves bill to help immigrant crime victims
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill designed to help undocumented immigrants who are victims of violent crime, by introducing time limits on law enforcement’s response to their U.S. visa applications in an attempt to…
In familiar ritual, Obama consoles families from Oregon mass shooting
ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, in a ritual that has become both familiar and frustrating to him, traveled to Oregon on Friday to console families of the victims of a community college shooting that once again sparked a push for U.S….
California border patrol supervisor accused of false alerts on U.S. resident
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor has been charged with creating bogus alerts in the agency’s database to force routine stops, sometimes at gunpoint, of a legal U.S. resident who frequently crosses the border with Mexico, court docu…
California to enact comprehensive medical marijuana regulations
SACRAMENTO, Calif./LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law the state’s first comprehensive regulations of medical marijuana, two decades after legalization fueled a wild west of disparate local rules, a gray ma…
Shark bites surfer off Hawaii coast, leaving him in critical condition
HONOLULU (Reuters) – A 25-year-old surfer was bitten by a shark off the famed North Shore on Hawaii’s island of Oahu on Friday, and the man was rushed to a hospital where he was listed in critical condition, emergency officials said.
Los Angeles approves sweeping earthquake building-safety rules
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles on Friday approved safety standards that will require earthquake retrofits at thousands of apartment buildings and establish the nation’s toughest rules for structurally weak concrete buildings.
U.S. reassesses Columbus Day, Native American plight in focus
NEW YORK (Reuters) – About four miles from the world’s largest Christopher Columbus parade in midtown Manhattan on Monday, hundreds of Native Americans and their supporters will hold a sunrise prayer circle to honor ancestors who were slain or driven f…
Student charged with killing one, wounding three at Arizona university
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An 18-year-old student killed a classmate and wounded three other students when he opened fire during a confrontation on the campus of Northern Arizona University early on Friday, in the latest shooting to hit a U.S. school, authori…
U.S. officials to take direct safety oversight of Washington subway
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials will take over direct safety supervision of Washington’s troubled subway system under a plan announced by Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Friday.
Leading Republican Ryan reconsiders House speaker run: lawmakers
WASHINGTON/JANESVILLE, Wis. (Reuters) – A leading Republican congressman with allies on the right wing of the party, Paul Ryan, is weighing a bid to replace retiring U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, fellow lawmakers said on Friday as…
