Puerto Rico focuses on consumption in tax overhaul
(Reuters) – Puerto Rico announced on Tuesday night a long awaited overhaul of its tax system as it struggles to revive its moribund economy and stabilize the finances of the indebted island.
Maine group seeks ballot initiative to legalize recreational pot
PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) – Marijuana advocates have filed paperwork in Maine seeking a 2016 ballot initiative that would legalize recreational use of the drug in the northeastern-most U.S. state, officials said on Tuesday.
History of lynching in U.S. worse than believed, study finds
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Lynchings in which mobs raided jailhouses to hang, torture and burn alive black men, sometimes leading to public executions in courthouse squares, occurred more often in the U.S. South than was previously known, according to a repor…
Three white Mississippi men sentenced for hate crimes
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – Three white men who pleaded guilty in Mississippi to hate crimes that included a black man’s death were sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to between seven and 50 years in prison.
Domino’s Pizza driver kidnapped, sexually assaulted in California
(Reuters) – A female delivery driver for Domino’s Pizza was kidnapped at gunpoint in Northern California and sexually assaulted by a teenager, apparently after he ordered the pizza, police said on Tuesday.
NYC building inspectors charged with ignoring safety for bribes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fifty New York City building inspectors and construction industry workers were charged with corruption on Tuesday, accused of schemes in which building problems were overlooked in exchange for bribes, city investigators said.
Maryland governor moves to repeal ‘rain tax’
(Reuters) – Maryland’s “rain tax” on stormwater runoff designed to protect the ailing Chesapeake Bay would be repealed under legislation Republican Governor Larry Hogan unveiled on Tuesday.
FDA Commissioner says measles outbreak ‘alarming’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Describing the latest measles outbreak as “alarming,” Dr. Margaret Hamburg, outgoing commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said on Tuesday that the measles vaccine “should be used by everyone who has not been vac…
Prison health provider agrees to changes in California
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – One of the largest U.S. for-profit prison healthcare providers has agreed to change how it staffs California jails, part of a settlement announced on Tuesday that ends a wrongful death lawsuit against the company.
Gay rights advocates in Alabama sue for right to marriage licenses
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Alabama said on Tuesday she will hear arguments later this week on whether to force a local judge to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a day after officials in most of the state refused to do so in defiance of the…
