L.A. judge orders halt to smartphone app for medical pot delivery
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A judge in Los Angeles ordered a smartphone application company on Tuesday to stop arranging the delivery of medical marijuana to customers in the city in violation of a ban on such businesses, prosecutors said.
NY protesters reject plea for hiatus despite police slayings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Protesters who have rallied for weeks over excessive police force rejected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plea to suspend demonstrations after the killing of two officers, and vowed to march in the center of Manhattan on Tues…
Despite Supreme Court order, Florida gay marriage ban back in court
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – A tiny county in the northern Florida Panhandle, facing the prospect of court-ordered gay marriage going into effect next month, filed an emergency motion on Tuesday asking a federal judge to clarify whether it must marry …
FBI arrests Colorado man over online threats to kill police
DENVER (Reuters) – FBI agents arrested a Colorado man who posted online threats advocating the killing of police officers after investigators received a tip-off about one of the messages from Google, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Florida overtakes New York as third most populous U.S. state
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida has leapfrogged New York to rank as the third most populous U.S. state, the Census Bureau reported on Tuesday, reflecting demographic trends that are reshaping American politics and culture, along with state bragging rig…
Off duty, black cops in New York feel threat from fellow police
NEW YORK (Reuters) – From the dingy donut shops of Manhattan to the cloistered police watering holes in Brooklyn, a number of black NYPD officers say they have experienced the same racial profiling that cost Eric Garner his life.
L.A. judge orders halt to smartphone app for medical pot delivery
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A judge in Los Angeles ordered a smartphone application company on Tuesday to stop arranging the delivery of medical marijuana to customers in the city in violation of a ban on such businesses, prosecutors said.
Top Connecticut court to decide fate of ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ records
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Connecticut’s top court next month will decide whether the records of the serial killer who inspired the play “Arsenic and Old Lace” will remain sealed in perpetuity or can be opened a half-century after her death.
U.S. settles with employers of contractor newly freed by Cuba
MIAMI (Reuters) – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on Tuesday it has settled claims with a company that employed Alan Gross, the contractor freed last week after five years in a Cuban jail as part of a major shift in U.S….
Grand jury clears Houston policeman for fatal shooting of black man
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A grand jury in Houston decided on Tuesday not to indict a police officer for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in a case that has been placed into a national debate about the role race plays in police interactions wi…
