Recreational-use marijuana to become legal in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Marijuana smoking, seed sharing and cannabis-themed rallies are among the ways Oregon residents plan to celebrate as recreational-use pot becomes legal in the fourth western U.S. state on Wednesday.
U.S. names new envoy for bid to close Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A newly appointed special envoy to lead the Obama administration’s efforts to close the Guantanamo prison said he saw a window of opportunity that could substantially reduce the detainee population there in coming months.
Candidate Jeb Bush releases 33 years of tax returns in show of transparency
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush released 33 years of tax records on Tuesday that traced his path to a net worth of between $19 million and $22 million, in a show of transparency that will pressure Democrat Hil…
Los Angeles seeks job training exemption to new minimum wage law
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles City Council, which weeks ago approved a hike in the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, on Tuesday asked its legal staff to carve out an exemption to the ordinance for job training programs.
U.S. Republican Christie launches 2016 bid, promises straight talk
LIVINGSTON, N.J. (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie launched an uphill run for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with his trademark brashness, offering up his blunt talk and willingness to tackle tough issues as the cure for…
FBI investigating new fiber cable attack in California
(Reuters) – Three major cables delivering Internet service to the Sacramento area were severed on Tuesday in what appears to be a coordinated attack, a service provider said.
Suburban Cleveland police detective charged with excessive force
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A suburban Cleveland police detective has been indicted on federal felony charges of excessive force and obstruction of justice in the April arrest of a suspect, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
U.S. doctors, hospitals reap $6.5 billion from drug and device makers: report
(Reuters) – U.S. doctors and research hospitals collected nearly $6.5 billion in payments for services rendered to pharmaceutical and medical device companies in 2014, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments report released on Tuesday.
Balcony in deadly California collapse had been inspected last year
(Reuters) – An apartment balcony that collapsed this month in Berkeley, California, killing five visiting Irish college students and an American friend, had been inspected last August and found to be in good condition, records released by the city show…
U.S. court vacates ruling against Golf Channel over Stanford fraud
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out its own ruling that could have forced the Golf Channel to repay $5.9 million it received from convicted swindler Allen Stanford.
