Protected Florida mangroves razed for boat show
MIAMI, Fla. (Reuters) – New revelations that a long strip of protected mangrove trees were illegally razed amid preparations for the 2016 Miami International Boat Show has outraged Florida environmentalists.
Texas girl arrested for fight with classmate in viral video
DALLAS (Reuters) – A 13-year-old Texas girl was arrested on Monday after a video that went viral showed her beating a classmate who was holding a toddler at a Dallas-area elementary school earlier this month, police said.
Texas girl arrested for fight with classmate in viral video
DALLAS (Reuters) – A 13-year-old Texas girl was arrested on Monday after a video that went viral showed her beating a classmate who was holding a toddler at a Dallas-area elementary school earlier this month, police said.
Illinois attorney general says no state paychecks without budget
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois state workers cannot be paid without an enacted budget for the fiscal year that begins Wednesday, State Attorney General Lisa Madigan said on Monday as a major labor union warned it could sue over any missed paychecks.
Massachusetts officials detail multimillion-dollar heroin bust
(Reuters) – Police have arrested a man suspected of being at the heart of the heroin trade in the Boston area and seized more than 30 pounds (14 kg) of the drug with a street value exceeding $2 million, authorities said on Monday.
California bill to limit vaccine exemptions goes to governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California lawmakers on Monday sent Governor Jerry Brown a bill to substantially limit vaccine exemptions for school children in the most populous U.S. state, following last year’s measles outbreak at Disneyland that sick…
Co-worker recalls Colorado movie massacre gunman acting ‘spaced out’
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Lawyers for Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes sought on Monday to build their case he was legally insane, calling a former co-worker who remembered him as quiet, antisocial and acting oddly.
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas abortion restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to block temporarily parts of a strict new Texas abortion law that critics say is aimed at shutting down clinics that offer the procedure.
Ohio judge sentences man to death in sledgehammer slayings
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio judge on Monday sentenced a 20-year-old man to death for the April 2013 sledgehammer murder of his girlfriend’s mother and also gave him a life sentence for killing her father, the Summit County prosecutor’s office said.
Sixteen states sue EPA over clean water rule
(Reuters) – Sixteen states on Monday filed lawsuits against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, contesting a rule that expands the definition of bodies of water subject to federal pollution controls.
