Officials erred in reporting voter spike in Missouri suburb where teen was shot
(Reuters) – A reported spike in voter registration numbers in Ferguson, Missouri, since the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer was the result of an error by election officers, state officials said on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania police say sniper’s journal shows ‘true evil exists’
BLOOMING GROVE Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania police have found a journal describing in chilling detail the ambush that killed a state trooper and wounded another nearly four weeks ago at a barracks in the Poconos Mountains, officials said on Wednesday.
New Mexico police probe claims girls videotaped in locker-room
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – New Mexico state police are investigating allegations that members of a high school football team secretly videotaped the girls’ volleyball team as they changed in an adjacent locker room, authorities said on Wednesday.
Florida investigating new female prison inmate death
TALLAHASSEE Fla (Reuters) – Florida is investigating the death of a female inmate, the latest in a series of prisoner deaths that have raised questions about state prison safety, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
U.S. justice grants Idaho’s request to block gay marriage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy granted a request from Idaho officials on Wednesday and temporarily blocked the planned start of gay marriages in that state after a regional federal appeals court’s ruling striking down…
Texas deputies find $2 million in marijuana plants in house near Houston
(Reuters) – Sheriff’s deputies who were checking a report that the electricity of a Houston-area home had been tampered with found nearly $2 million worth of marijuana plants in the house, authorities said on Wednesday.
Autistic boy’s hazing by soccer teammates probed in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – Police and school officials on Wednesday were investigating an alleged hazing incident in which two members of a high school soccer team are accused of tying an autistic teammate to a goal post with duct tape for more than 20…
U.S. judge to decide state secrets procedure in Iran case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Wednesday asked a federal judge in Manhattan to dismiss a private civil lawsuit against an Iran sanctions group on national security grounds without any public explanation for the reason.
Force-fed Guantanamo inmate abusive, U.S. government says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Syrian inmate on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison who is seeking more humane force-feeding has a history of assaulting guards and staff, U.S. government lawyers said on Wednesday.
Governor sees riches for Virginia from U.S. shale gas
(Reuters) – Impressed by the riches created by shale gas in some U.S. Northeast states, Virginia is working to build a manufacturing hub and create thousands of jobs from the cheap fuel that will soon flow into the state, Governor Terry McAuliffe said …
