NY policeman not indicted in chokehold death; U.S. Justice sets probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City grand jury decision not to charge a white police officer who killed an unarmed black man with a chokehold sparked outrage and protests on Wednesday, and the U.S. Justice Department said it would investigate the inci…
Ruling would permit Florida same-sex marriages in early January
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – Same-sex marriages could begin in Florida in early January after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined on Wednesday to further stay a lower court ruling that overturned the state’s ban on gay weddings.
Critical report raises safety concerns for major California bridge
(Reuters) – A little over a year after a section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened far behind schedule and over budget, new concerns are being raised about the integrity of steel rods securing the world’s largest self-anchored suspension span.
Texas school board member apologizes for Klan image in Facebook post
TEXARKANA, Texas (Reuters) – A member of an East Texas school board has apologized and intends to resign after posting on his Facebook page a picture of a person in Ku Klux Klan attire along with the caption “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.”
Firefighters lose bid to sue bankrupt San Bernardino in state court
RIVERSIDE, Calif (Reuters) – Firefighters in bankrupt San Bernardino cannot sue the city in a California state court over lost wages and benefits, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge overseeing the case ruled on Wednesday.
American possibly exposed to Ebola being transferred to Atlanta hospital
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. healthcare worker who had been in West Africa and may have been exposed to the Ebola virus is being transferred to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, a hospital spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
U.S. appeals court voids Florida welfare drug testing law
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday said a Florida law requiring applicants for welfare benefits to undergo mandatory drug testing is unconstitutional, a decision that could affect efforts to enforce similar laws in other states.
Detroit public art project seeks arsonist who torched installation
DETROIT (Reuters) – An internationally acclaimed public art installation in Detroit released a video on Wednesday in an effort to find a suspect who may have suffered burns while torching the project’s “Taxi House.”
Mentally ill Texas inmate gets last-minute execution stay
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday issued a stay of execution for a mentally ill Texas death row inmate just hours before he was set to be put to death for the murders of two people in a case that garnered international attenti…
Elderly Texas couple die side-by-side in likely murder-suicide -police
DALLAS (Reuters) – The bodies of a couple in their 90s were found with gunshot wounds to their heads in an apparent murder-suicide at a Fort Worth-area assisted living facility on Wednesday, police said.
