Texas judge sentenced to 18 months in prison for violating gun laws
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A former Texas county judge was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in a federal prison for illegally dealing in firearms and making false statements to government agents about the weapons, some of which were smuggled into Mexico, prosecutors said.
Firefighters contain half of wildfire near California wine region
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Firefighters battling a raging California wildfire near the state’s celebrated wine region turned a corner by Friday as they managed to draw containment lines around half of the blaze ravaging drought-parched brush and dry tim…
New York becomes most populous state to ban powdered alcohol
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York on Friday became the most populous U.S. state to ban the sale of powdered alcohol, a controversial just-add-water beverage that opponents say will lead to a rise in underage drinking and abuses.
Kentucky high school football player dies after equipment hits him
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A 17-year-old high school football player in western Kentucky was killed when a heavy piece of metal equipment struck him, police said on Friday.
Ohio zoo will house cubs of bear euthanized after hiker death in Yellowstone
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Two female grizzly bear cubs orphaned after their mother was euthanized because she was linked to the fatal mauling of a hiker in Yellowstone National Park will be moved to a zoo in Toledo, Ohio, zoo officials said on Friday.
State of emergency ends in Ferguson, Missouri, as violence recedes
(Reuters) – St. Louis County on Friday ended the state of emergency it had put in effect earlier this week for Ferguson, Missouri, and surrounding areas due to Sunday’s violent street protests.
Former Georgia police chief pleads guilty to shooting wife
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A former Atlanta-area police chief has been sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation for shooting his wife in bed on New Year’s Day in an apparent accident that left her partially paralyzed, a prosecutor said Friday.
Former Georgia police chief pleads guilty to shooting wife
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A former Atlanta-area police chief has been sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation for shooting his wife in bed on New Year’s Day in an apparent accident that left her partially paralyzed, a prosecutor said Friday.
State of emergency ends in Ferguson, Missouri, as violence recedes
(Reuters) – St. Louis County on Friday ended the state of emergency it had put in effect earlier this week for Ferguson, Missouri, and surrounding areas due to violent street protests.
Firefighter shot after wanted man sets New York home ablaze
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A firefighter was shot and wounded on Friday as authorities surrounded the torched New York home of a man wielding a gun in an attempt to fend off U.S. marshals serving him a warrant, police said.
