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…
‘Hit-and-run’ capital Los Angeles launches alert system, rewards
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Seeking to make a major dent on Los Angeles’ reputation as the “hit-and-run capital of the nation,” city leaders on Tuesday approved a package of measures, including rewards and an alert system, designed to catch drivers who fle…
Prominent U.S. Mormon activist excommunicated for doubting doctrine
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A prominent Mormon activist who went against the church by supporting same-sex marriage and the ordination of women has been excommunicated by a council that found he publicly doubted the faith’s core principles, the church s…
NYC cop said to be indicted for stairwell shooting of unarmed man
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City rookie police officer was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man while patrolling the darkened stairwell of a housing project last November, local media reported.
West Virginia teen charged in beating death of elderly pastor
BECKLEY, W. Va. (Reuters) – West Virginia police said on Monday they have charged a teenager with murder in connection with the beating death of an elderly pastor at his home on the weekend.
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.
