Colorado lawmakers vote down assisted suicide bill
DENVER (Reuters) – After 10 hours of emotional testimony and debate, Colorado lawmakers late on Friday voted down a proposed assisted-suicide law that would have allowed terminally-ill patients to end their lives with prescription drugs.
U.S. charges six with supporting Islamic militant groups: Justice Department
(Reuters) – Six people have been charged with providing money and equipment including U.S. military uniforms to foreign fighters joining al Qaeda, Nusra Front and Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.
Oregon judge: taking photos up girl’s skirt not illegal
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – An Oregon judge has acquitted a 61-year-old man who admitted taking photographs up the skirt of a 13-year-old girl as she shopped at a Target store in suburban Portland, lawyers in the case said Friday. 
U.S. Navy takes action to address wiring, fuel line issues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy on Friday announced further actions to fix wiring and fuel line problems on its CH-53E and MH-53E heavy-lift helicopters that caused a deadly crash in January 2014, including a temporary ban on in-flight fuel transf…
Heroics of engineer recounted after deadly New York train crash
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (Reuters) – The engineer of a New York commuter train that plowed into a vehicle this week at a suburban rail crossing picked up an injured passenger and carried him off the train as it became engulfed in flames, federal investigators s…
Measles outbreak spurs new action in California, New Mexico
(Reuters) – Students at all 10 campuses of the University of California will be required to be screened for tuberculosis and vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella and other diseases under a new health plan set to take effect in 2017, the university sa…
Pennsylvania family take plea deal in starving boy case
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The mother and grandparents of a 7-year-old Pennsylvania boy who was starved nearly to death have pleaded guilty to assault and other crimes in a deal with prosecutors, Mercer County District Attorney Robert Kochems said on Frida…
Montana moves to lose ‘half-breed’ from place names
Salmon, Idaho (Reuters) – A bill that would strip the word “half-breed” and another derogatory term for Native Americans from Montana place names, signs and maps won easy approval on Friday from a state House of Representatives committee.
New York train was moving at 49 miles per hour when it hit SUV: NTSB
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York commuter train was traveling at 49 miles per hour when it struck an SUV at a suburban rail crossing in a fatal collision on Tuesday, a federal safety official said on Friday.
Washington pulls bid to limit homeless access to rooms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The District of Columbia on Friday withdrew a request for a court order that would let the U.S. capital put homeless families in shelters on cold nights rather than in individual rooms.
