University of California delays tuition hike as lawmakers take on budget
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The University of California will delay implementing a tuition hike, the latest move in a test of wills that has pitted U.C. President Janet Napolitano against state Democrats including Governor Jerry Brown.
U.S. preparing to sue Ferguson police over charges of racial bias: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to sue the Ferguson, Missouri, police department over allegations of racially discriminatory practices unless the police force agrees to make changes, CNN reported on Wednesday.
Anti-pot group says lawsuit will challenge Colorado marijuana laws
DENVER (Reuters) – Opponents of Colorado’s marijuana legalization are expected to file a federal lawsuit on Thursday that will seek to shut down the state’s new industry and which they say will accuse participants of violating racketeering laws.
California confirms 119 cases of measles in state
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Public health officials said on Wednesday that six more cases of measles had been confirmed in California, bringing to 119 the total number of people infected by a strain of the virus that has also been linked to a large outbrea…
Indian workers win $14 million in U.S. labor trafficking case
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A New Orleans jury on Wednesday awarded $14 million to five Indian men who were lured to the United States and forced to work under inhumane conditions after Hurricane Katrina by a U.S. ship repair firm and its codefendants.
Oklahoma House panel OKs bill to punish licensing of gay marriage
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma bill to punish any local or state employee who issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples will be heading to a vote in the state House of Representatives after a committee approved the legislation this week.
Pennsylvania man sentenced to life for slaying pharmacist, girlfriend
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for the 2002 strangulation deaths of a pharmacist and his girlfriend, whose bound bodies were discovered buried in a yard.
U.S. says Saudi was bin Laden’s ‘man in London’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. prosecutor asked a jury on Wednesday to find a Saudi man guilty of conspiring with al Qaeda in the 1990s when he allegedly managed a training camp in Afghanistan and then served as Osama bin Laden’s agent in London.
Labor secretary to hold more talks in West Coast ports dispute
(Reuters) – U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez planned to hold a second round of talks with shipping company executives and union leaders for 20,000 dockworkers on Wednesday, seeking to broker a deal to end months of labor turmoil clogging cargo traffic at…
Washington state protests spread over police shooting of Mexican man
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A big rally was planned in Seattle on Wednesday over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Mexican immigrant who ran from officers in Washington state after throwing rocks at them, and whose death has prompted calls for a federal …
