Drought, water shortages become top worry for Californians: poll
(Reuters) – California’s devastating drought has become the top concern for residents for the first time, as the most populous U.S. state experiences mandatory water cutbacks, according to a poll released on Wednesday.
North Carolina governor will sign bill for 72-hour wait for abortion
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory said on Wednesday he will sign a law requiring pregnant women to wait three days between consulting a doctor and having an abortion, among the longest waiting periods in the nation.
Oregon county vote against enforcing state gun law sparks outcry
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Gun-control advocates on Wednesday decried as a misguided political maneuver a vote by Oregon county commissioners against enforcement of new statewide gun background check requirements.
Ranchers defy U.S. in grazing parched Nevada lands, environmentalists say
(Reuters) – A Nevada ranch defied U.S. drought closure orders in grazing cattle on federally managed land, environmentalists said on Wednesday, comparing it to action by another Nevada rancher that led to an armed standoff last year with federal agents…
Native Americans seek Oklahoma return of remains of sports legend Thorpe
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Native American in Oklahoma started a campaign on Wednesday for the return of the body of sports legend Jim Thorpe, whose remains are buried in a Pennsylvania hamlet named for the famed American Indian athlete and Olympic cham…
Jury says at impasse in assault trial of Los Angeles police officer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles jury said on Wednesday it had reached an impasse in the trial of a white police officer charged with assaulting a black woman who died shortly after saying she could not breathe, but the judge asked it to keep deli…
After three decades on death row, Texas inmate Bower executed
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas on Wednesday executed Lester Bower, one of the longest-serving inmates on the state’s death row who had said he was wrongly convicted of killing four men in 1983 and had spent three decades trying to halt his capital pun…
After three decades on death row, Texas inmate Bower executed
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas on Wednesday executed Lester Bower, one of the longest-serving inmates on the state’s death row who had said he was wrongly convicted of killing four men in 1983 and had spent three decades trying to halt his capital pun…
Idaho college no longer requires warning for contentious protests
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Boise State University has revised its policies for campus protests to end a lawsuit alleging it violated free-speech rights by requiring an anti-abortion group to post warning signs about graphic pictures, a lawyer in the cas…
Pennsylvania Senate panel clears transgender doctor’s nomination
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A transgender woman named by the governor to serve as Pennsylvania’s physician general was endorsed by a state legislative committee on Wednesday, clearing the way for the full Senate to vote on her nomination next week.
