U.S. judge rules Washington Redskins trademarks disparaging
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The National Football League’s Washington Redskins lost an emotionally charged battle on Wednesday when a U.S. federal judge refused to reinstate six trademark registrations canceled last year for being offensive to Native American…
Georgia court hears Klan suit to join ‘adopt-a-highway’
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia appeals court heard arguments on Thursday but did not issue an immediate ruling in a Ku Klux Klan chapter’s lawsuit against the state for refusing the white supremacist group’s application to “adopt” a stretch of highway.
Three sisters hiking in Wyoming found two days after reported missing
(Reuters) – A helicopter crew rescued three sisters from a wilderness area in Wyoming on Thursday, two days after they had been reported missing when they failed to return from a backcountry hike, authorities said.
U.S. Wildlife Service baffled by exodus of birds from Florida isle
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of nesting birds vanished this spring from a Florida island refuge where they have come to breed for decades, leaving behind their unhatched eggs and mystifying wildlife officers trying to figure out why they…
Florida Supreme Court orders redrawing of some U.S. congressional districts
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the redrawing of some of the state’s U.S. congressional districts before the 2016 elections.
Bodies of men killed in South Carolina fighter jet crash found
(Reuters) – The bodies of a 30-year-old pilot and his father, killed when their private plane crashed with an Air Force fighter jet, have been found, South Carolina officials said Thursday.
Louisiana man sentenced to life in murder of Bourbon St. dancer
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A Louisiana man convicted of murdering a Bourbon Street dancer and dismembering her body in 2012 will spend the rest of his life in prison, a state court judge said on Thursday.
Michigan nixes filming of Kid Rock video in women’s prison
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan nixed an effort by musician Kid Rock to film a music video in a women’s prison in the state.
Same-sex couples to get federal marriage benefits: attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal marriage benefits will be made available to same-sex couples across the United States after last month’s Supreme Court ruling, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Thursday.
Father of unlicensed teen driver to plead guilty in fatal Pennsylvania crash
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A New York man was set to plead guilty to undisclosed criminal charges on Thursday after he let his 15-year-old daughter, an unlicensed driver, drive his SUV, which she crashed in the Pennsylvania Poconos, killing three youn…
