Anchorage city lawmakers to take up ordinance banning legal weed
JUNEAU (Reuters) – Anchorage lawmakers next month will consider banning the commercial sale of marijuana in Alaska’s largest city, which if passed would deal an early blow to a voter-approved law that would establish a statewide seed-to-sale cannabis i…
Early test shows Mali traveler is negative for Ebola at NYC hospital
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Preliminary test results showed a traveler who visited Mali was negative for Ebola on Thursday but the patient will remain at a New York City hospital for further testing, city health officials said.
Alumnus shot dead after wounding three at Florida State University
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – Brandishing a semi-automatic handgun and carrying extra ammunition in his pockets, a Florida State University graduate opened fire early on Thursday at his alma mater’s main library, wounding two students and an employee as…
Obama to offer immigration relief to about 4.7 million: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is slated to announce on Thursday that he will offer relief from the threat of deportation to about 4.4 million undocumented people who are parents of U.S. citizens and green card holders, according to a so…
Ohio House approves bill to shield execution drug suppliers
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio lawmakers advanced a measure on Thursday that would shield the names of pharmacies that supply drugs used in lethal injections for 20 years and allow the state to resume executing condemned inmates in 2015.
More charges for California man in drive-by shootings that killed four
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man linked to a spate of seemingly random drive-by shootings in the Los Angeles area over the summer that killed four people was charged on Thursday with several additional counts of murder stemming from the attacks, prosecuto…
Ruling on Illinois pension reform law due Friday
SPRINGFIELD Illinois (Reuters) – A ruling on whether an Illinois law aimed at easing the state’s huge unfunded pension liability is constitutional will be issued on Friday, a judge overseeing the case said on Thursday.
Seattle police may scrap body camera plan over costly record requests
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The Seattle Police Department might cancel plans to outfit officers with body cameras because the ensuing public record requests for the videos might become too costly for the city, according to a report published Thursday.
San Francisco to submit bid for 2024 Olympics
(Reuters) – A group of San Francisco Bay Area business, sports and civic leaders will bid to host the 2024 Olympics and is putting together a proposal for the United States Olympic Committee, officials said on Thursday.
Workers who died at Dupont Texas plant lacked respirators: lawyer
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Four workers killed at a DuPont and Co’s chemical plant in Texas on Saturday did not have access to safety equipment like respirators when there was a deadly release of a hazardous chemical, an attorney for one victim’s family said on Thursday.
