Zombie attraction turns fatal at corn maze on Idaho-Washington border
(Reuters) – A teenager playing a zombie at a Halloween-themed corn maze was killed after falling under the event’s “Zombie Slayer Paintball Bus,” authorities said on Saturday, as the northwestern Idaho attraction’s patrons thought it was just part of t…
Thousands march in St. Louis to protest police violence
FERGUSON Mo (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters marched through St. Louis on Saturday as part of a weekend of demonstrations against police violence organized after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white officer last summer.
Man sought for smoke-bombing trendy Greenwich Village restaurant
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York police are searching for a man seen hurling a smoke bomb at diners seated outdoors at a trendy Italian restaurant frequented by celebrities in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.
Cities, states scramble after Dallas’s Ebola missteps expose planning gaps
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The missteps in Dallas’s handling of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States have revealed an uncomfortable reality: state and city plans for handling the deadly virus are based on generic recommendations for everything…
Unit at Colorado’s Fort Carson locked down after property goes missing
(Reuters) – A unit at Fort Carson in Colorado entered the third day of a lockdown after a piece of government property was taken without permission, an army representative said on Friday.
Seven New Jersey students charged over sexual assaults: New York Times
(Reuters) – Seven New Jersey high school students have been charged following a string of sexual assaults in a hazing controversy that prompted officials to cancel the remainder of the school’s football season, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Kansas Supreme Court temporarily blocks gay marriages
KANSAS CITY Kan. (Reuters) – The legal battle over gay rights in Kansas reached the state’s highest court and the federal courts on Friday hours after two women were married outside a county courthouse.
HIV-positive Alabama pastor confesses to sex with parishioners: reports
BIRMINGHAM Ala. (Reuters) – A veteran Alabama pastor who confessed to having sex with parishioners on church grounds while HIV-positive has defied attempts to remove him from his post, media reported on Friday.
Family seeks medical consensus for California girl declared brain dead
(Reuters) – A lawyer for the family of a California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy wants to broker a conference between several physicians who insist she exhibits signs of life and a court-appointed doctor who rejects…
Idaho and North Carolina are latest states to allow gay marriage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – County clerks in Idaho and North Carolina began issuing their states’ first marriage licenses to gay couples on Friday after court actions that capped a week of victories for supporters of same-sex matrimony in America.
