Texas lawmakers try to set up legal barriers to same-sex marriage
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – With a possibility the U.S. Supreme Court next month will legalize same-sex marriage, the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is pushing measures to bolster the state’s constitutional amendment that bans gay weddings.
Obama targets hedge funds in personal remarks on poverty, race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama addressed U.S. struggles with class and race in personal terms on Tuesday and renewed his call to close tax loopholes enjoyed by wealthy hedge fund managers as a way to reduce poverty among Americans.
Close dilapidated, rodent-infested prison, California lawmaker says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California should shut down a state prison that is dilapidated, infested with vermin and expensive to operate, the
Seattle activist tries to block Shell’s fuel-transfer station
SEATTLE (Reuters) – In a harbinger of expected protests over Royal Dutch Shell’s plan to store Arctic drilling rigs in Seattle, an activist perched herself on a 15-foot tripod on Tuesday to try to block the entrance gates of a company fuel-transfer sta…
No charges in Wisconsin police shooting of black teen
MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) – A Madison, Wisconsin police officer will not face charges in the fatal shooting of an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man in March, the prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania woman freed after 42 years in arson murder case, faces retrial
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania woman who spent 42 years in prison on an arson and murder conviction has been freed but faces a retrial, her advocates said on Tuesday.
Lawyer, prosecutors clash over Reagan shooter’s release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 should be released from a mental hospital, his lawyer argued in federal court on Tuesday, while prosecutors said he should only be freed under tight restrictions.
Michigan state senator charged after allegedly shooting at ex-wife’s car
DETROIT (Reuters) – A Michigan state senator was charged on Tuesday with multiple crimes after shooting at his ex-wife’s Mercedes-Benz outside his house over the weekend, prosecutors said.
Florida police recover guns in Zimmerman shooting incident
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Police investigating a Florida roadway shooting involving George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of murder in the 2012 death of unarmed black 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, said on Tuesday they recovered three handguns but have not …
NFL again under scrutiny with Brady poised to appeal suspension
(Reuters) – New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is expected this week to formally appeal his four-game suspension over his role in “Deflategate,” in what would be the latest test for a league whose sanctioning policies have come under intense sc…
