Eight arrested in protest against Hawaii telescope
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (Reuters) – Eight people were arrested in a protest against what would be one of the world’s largest telescopes to be built on a dormant Hawaiian volcano, officials said on Wednesday, amid a contentious debate over Native Hawaiian r…
Tropical storm Henri forms in the Atlantic
(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Henri, the eighth named storm of the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season, has formed in the Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday.
University of California sells $200 million holdings in coal, oil sands firms
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The University of California’s chief investment officer on Wednesday said it has sold off about $200 million of direct holdings in coal and oil sands companies, which he said were no longer good investments for the university’…
Two in California arrested for immigrant wedding fraud scheme
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California man and his daughter were arrested on Wednesday for arranging sham marriages between U.S. citizens and Chinese nationals who paid for the nuptials in hopes of obtaining legal residency in the United States, official…
Washington state officers will not face criminal charges in Mexican farmworker’s slaying
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Three police officers in Washington state who fatally shot a Mexican immigrant farmworker in a confrontation in February will not face criminal charges, a local prosecutor and a lawyer for the man’s family said on Wednesday.
Two in California arrested for immigrant wedding fraud scheme
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California man and his daughter were arrested on Wednesday for arranging sham marriages between U.S. citizens and Chinese nationals who paid for the nuptials in hopes of obtaining legal residency in the United States, official…
Dear Judge Berman: fan letters in ‘Deflategate’ show passion, anger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If the surreal saga known as “Deflategate” has proven anything, it is that National Football League fans take their sport, and Tom Brady, very seriously.
Ex-U.S. tennis star James Blake slammed to ground as victim of mistaken identity: report
(Reuters) – Former tennis star James Blake was slammed to the ground, handcuffed and detained for about 15 minutes in New York City on Wednesday before police realized they had the wrong man in an identity theft ring, New York’s Daily News reported.
Philadelphia woman admits to locking up disabled people in fraud
(Reuters) – A Philadelphia woman pleaded guilty and agreed to accept a life sentence on Wednesday for a fraud scheme in which she locked mentally disabled people in closets, attics and basements and took their Social Security and disability benefits, o…
U.S. judge rules Republicans can pursue Obamacare lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said on Wednesday congressional Republicans could move forward with parts of a lawsuit that alleges executive overreach by President Barack Obama’s administration in implementing his signature healthcare law.
