Former peanut plant managers get prison time in salmonella outbreak
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Two former peanut plant managers who testified against their boss in one of the largest food poisoning cases in the United States received prison sentences in Georgia on Thursday for their own roles in the deadly salmonella outbreak…
West Virginia trial starts for mine executive in deadly 2010 blast
(Reuters) – A former coal company executive goes on trial in a West Virginia court on Thursday on federal charges stemming from a 2010 mine explosion that killed 29 people.
Accused Arizona highway shooter pleads not guilty
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A man charged with carrying out several recent shootings along a major highway in Arizona pleaded not guilty on Thursday to 15 felonies including drive-by shooting and aggravated assault, a court spokesman said.
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.
