Florida considers bear hunting after spate of suburban attacks
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – After a 20-year ban, Florida may bring back bear hunts to control a growing population of black bears that is increasingly seen as a menace in suburban neighborhoods.
Florida court asked to decide if gay sex constitutes ‘intercourse’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday on the definition of sexual intercourse in a test of a law requiring HIV-positive people to tell partners of their status.
Whitney Houston’s daughter in medically induced coma: friend
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The daughter of the late pop star Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown was placed in a coma to stop brain swelling after she was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her Georgia home on the weekend, family friend Kim B…
Former contracting official charged in U.S. Navy corruption case
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A former U.S. Navy contracting official on Tuesday became the ninth person charged in a wide-ranging corruption investigation of a Singapore-based defense contractor, officials said.
Man arrested in San Francisco body parts case will not face charges
(Reuters) – A San Francisco man arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a dismembered body found in a suitcase left on a city street will not face charges due to insufficient evidence, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Tough talk from Shell, union as U.S. refinery pay talks resume
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Negotiations made no progress on Tuesday as Royal Dutch Shell Plc and union leaders haggled over a new wage contract for U.S. refinery workers who have been on strike for three days, the union said.
House votes to repeal and eventually replace Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives added another notch to its lengthy record of Obamacare repeal votes on Tuesday by approving a measure that would scrap the healthcare law and direct oversight committees to come up with a replace…
California man arraigned in threats to Muslim civil rights group
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A San Diego-area man accused of placing a threatening phone call to one office of a Muslim civil rights group and sending a threatening message to another pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to hate crimes charges.
Same-sex couples poised to marry in Alabama after stay denied
(Reuters) – Same-sex weddings could begin in Alabama next week after a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday refused a request by the state’s attorney general to delay gay marriages until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether states can forbid them.
Oregon adopts rules allowing industrial hemp crops
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon farmers could plant the state’s first industrial hemp crop this spring, a full year before businesses expect to start growing marijuana for recreational use, a state official said on Tuesday.
