Elderly California woman accidentally runs over, kills husband
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An elderly California woman accidentally ran over and killed her elderly husband when she hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal, police said on Thursday.
U.S. asks Supreme Court to reverse major insider trading ruling
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a federal appellate court’s insider trading ruling, calling it a “roadmap” for potential criminals that undermined efforts to ensure the “integri…
Confederate flags found at Martin Luther King Jr. church in Atlanta
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Four Confederate battle flags were found on Thursday at the historic Atlanta church where civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. once preached, in a chilling reminder of the shooting of nine African-Americans at a South Carolina c…
Los Angeles passes law banning large-capacity gun magazines
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to ban the possession of large-capacity gun magazines on Tuesday, following San Francisco to become the second major city in California to take that step. 
Former N.Y. state legislative leaders to face corruption trials in November
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Once-powerful New York state legislators Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos will be tried on separate public corruption charges in November.
N.Y. judge says chimps may get legal rights, but not for now
(Reuters) – Claims that intelligent animals should have limited legal rights may someday succeed, a Manhattan judge said on Thursday, but she denied an animal rights group’s bid to get two chimpanzees used in research at a state university released to …
Private equity firm executive, daughter killed in Milwaukee plane crash
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Boston private equity firm executive and his daughter were killed in a fiery plane crash in Milwaukee as they were traveling to visit colleges, company officials said on Thursday.
Cobra caught after taking residence in Houston luxury condo complex
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Police and animal control officers captured a venomous albino snake that had camped out in the hallway of a luxury Houston condominium building and prevented frightened residents from using their front doors, authorities said …
Rescuers hold out hope of finding missing Florida teens boaters
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The search for two 14-year-old boys from South Florida who disappeared while on a fishing trip in the Atlantic Ocean entered a seventh day on Thursday amid questions about whether the U.S. Coast Guard would soon consider endin…
Activists on Oregon bridge block Shell’s Arctic drilling quest
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Greenpeace protestors dangling from a bridge on Thursday in Portland, Oregon, halted an icebreaker that Royal Dutch Shell needs in northern Alaska before it can start drilling into the region’s oil zone.
