California teenager dies after rave, following two similar deaths in state
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 15-year-old girl has died of a suspected drug overdose after attending a rave party in Central California, police said on Tuesday, marking the third fatality in the state this month tied to an electronic dance music festival.
Arizona man pleads not guilty to beheading wife, killing dogs
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona man accused of decapitating his wife and two puppies before cutting off part of his arm and gouging out one of his eyes pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder on Tuesday, court officials said.
Texas man arrested for luring college students into prostitution
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Police in San Antonio have arrested what they describe as a “smooth talking man” who preyed on college women who were financially vulnerable, convincing dozens of them to be part of his prostitution business, officials said on T…
Texas launches jail safety study weeks after woman’s death in custody
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas will conduct a study on jail safety with the goal of preventing suicide in custody, officials said on Tuesday, weeks after the death of a black woman in a county jail renewed questions about racial bias in U.S. policing….
North Carolina officer’s manslaughter trial goes to jury
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) – The trial of a North Carolina police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black man in 2013 went to a jury Tuesday afternoon.
Clinton parts with Obama administration on Arctic drilling
(Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday staked out her opposition to Arctic oil exploration, putting her at odds with the Obama administration one day after it approved drilling off Alaska.
Zimmerman to sell Confederate flag painting to help ‘Muslim-free’ gunshop
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, is raffling off a painting he made of a Confederate flag to raise money for a Florida gunshop owner who declared …
California water prices set to rise next year: Fitch
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Residents of drought-ravaged California can expect to pay more for water next year as utilities pass on the cost of mandatory conservation measures to customers, a survey released by rating agency Fitch on Tuesday said.
Two Texas men charged with hate crimes for torturing gay man
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Two Texas men have been indicted on federal hate crime charges, with U.S. prosecutors accusing them of beating and torturing a gay black man in Corpus Christi in 2012, officials said on Tuesday.
Lawyers for Boston bomber seek new trial in new location
BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, sentenced to death for killing three people and injuring 264 in the 2013 attack, are arguing he deserves a new trial in a different place due to the intense publicity that surroun…
