Marijuana poisoning incidents spike in Washington state
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Marijuana exposure incidents, or ‘pot poisonings,’ have spiked in Washington state, especially among teenagers, in a trend experts said on Tuesday appears to be linked to the state’s largely unregulated medical marijuana industry.
Washington, D.C., approves landmark civil asset forfeiture law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – District of Columbia lawmakers approved legislation on Tuesday that makes it harder for police to seize assets from people who are not ultimately charged with crimes, a bill that backers say is a model for the rest of the country…
Police in Puerto Rico investigate murder of military family
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – Police in Puerto Rico are investigating the execution-style murders of a retired U.S. Army officer and three members of his family during a Monday night attack on their gated suburban community home, officials said.
Texas aims to extend border protection surge with Mexico through August
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Texas plans to spend nearly $90 million to extend through August 2015 a show of force along its border with Mexico that includes the deployment of up to 1,000 Texas National Guard troops, officials said on Tuesday.
FBI tracking 150 Americans who traveled to Syria, perhaps to fight
BOSTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigations is tracking close to 150 Americans it believes traveled to Syria in recent months, potentially to join armed groups, FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday.
Identity thieves used college student accounts to defraud IRS: prosecutors
MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. law-enforcement officials on Tuesday arrested 17 people accused of trying to collect almost $2 million in bogus tax refunds using college student accounts, the latest identity scam to defraud the Internal Revenue Service.
New Mexico man shoots himself after being evicted
(Reuters) – A New Mexico man shot himself in the chest after being evicted from his home by police, authorities said on Tuesday.
Indiana releases details on unidentified serial murder victim
CHICAGO (Reuters) – She was in her 30s or 40s, likely Hispanic, 5-feet 6-inches tall and has healed fractures in her nose. That is all authorities know about the woman believed to be a serial killer victim, whose skeletal remains were found a month ago…
Pennsylvania justices hear case of Catholic official in abuse case
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s top court on Tuesday heard arguments in the case of Monsignor William Lynn, weighing whether the highest-ranking clergyman convicted in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church child sex abuse scandal should be returned …
Boeing aims to make missile defense more like space programs
EL SEGUNDO Calif. (Reuters) – Boeing Co is working with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to address quality and reliability issues with the sharply criticized $41 billion homeland missile defense system by adopting controls from space programs, a compan…
