Defense in Colorado cinema massacre case renews bid for venue change
DENVER (Reuters) – Attorneys defending Colorado cinema gunman James Holmes have renewed their effort to have his upcoming murder trial moved out of the county where 12 moviegoers were fatally shot in 2012, court filings showed on Monday.
Washington judge hears testimony over long jail holds for mentally ill
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A federal judge who ruled last year that Washington state had violated the U.S. Constitution by holding criminal defendants in jail for extended periods while awaiting mental competency evaluations began hearing testimony on Monday …
Oregon governor signs sweeping automatic voter registration into law
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Sweeping first-in-the nation legislation making voter registration automatic in Oregon was signed into law on Monday by Governor Kate Brown, potentially adding 300,000 new voters to state rolls.
‘Persons of interest’ identified in California woman’s disappearance
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police searching for a 22-year-old woman who vanished near a Southern California university that has seen a string of attacks on female students said on Monday that they were investigating two “persons of interest” in the case.
U.S. airline passengers forecast to grow 50 percent by 2035: report
(Reuters) – The number of travelers flying on U.S. airlines is expected to grow by about 50 percent in the next two decades, according to a report by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
U.S. senator calls for first-responder training for derailments
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A U.S. senator from Pennsylvania on Monday called for measures to provide resources and training to first responders who handle crude oil train derailments.
Seattle police arrest ‘sticky-fingered’ doughnut shop robber
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A “sticky-fingered suspect” was arrested on suspicion of robbing a Seattle doughnut shop of a single maple bar after threatening employees and implying he had a gun, police said on Monday.
Possible U.S. Ebola patient in Nebraska isolated: hospital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An American health care worker who was possibly exposed to Ebola has been moved to Nebraska Medicine’s biocontainment unit after a change in symptoms, the hospital said on Monday.
U.S. may impose tougher curbs to contain bird flu in Arkansas
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are considering imposing tougher restrictions in Arkansas to contain a virulent strain of avian flu in the heart of America’s poultry region in a bid to minimize international trade disruptions and contain the virus…
U.S. refinery deal hits roadblocks at 8 striking plants
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A tentative national agreement to end a six-week strike at twelve U.S. refineries has struggled to win ratification at eight plants as workers and companies struggle to settle local issues, according to union officials.
