Traffickers sold tacos with a ‘side of meth’: Colorado prosecutors
DENVER (Reuters) – Authorities in Colorado broke up a drug trafficking ring and seized 55 pounds of methamphetamine, ending what prosecutors said on Monday was an audacious network that involved a food truck selling tacos “with a side of meth.”
FBI watching some Americans who returned from Syria conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some of the 100 Americans who went to Syria and Iraq to join up with radical groups like Islamic State have returned to the United States, U.S. officials said on Monday, amid fears that such foreign fighters could pose a security…
Huge California mudslide may have been triggered by drought
(Reuters) – California’s three-year drought might have triggered Mount Shasta’s worst mudslide in two decades which damaged hiking trails and forced two roads to close over the weekend, a national park spokeswoman said on Monday.
Seattle prosecutor wants to dismiss pot tickets, says target black men
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The city attorney’s office called for the dismissal of every public marijuana use citation written in Seattle in the first seven months of the year, saying on Monday the ticketing process had exhibited a racial bias against black me…
Former U.S. attorney endorses Oregon pot legalization
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A former U.S. attorney for Oregon has endorsed an upcoming referendum to legalize recreational marijuana in the state and tax and regulate its sales, saying on Monday that laws banning the drug have failed to curb its use.
Judge refuses to cut New York fund manager’s 40-year Ponzi sentence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge rejected Westgate Capital Management LLC founder James Nicholson’s request to shorten his 40-year prison term for running a $140 million Ponzi scheme at his hedge fund firm, likening it to the much larger fraud run …
Highway swallowed by Washington mudslide to reopen, six months later
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state highway destroyed by a deadly mudslide in March was scheduled to reopen this week, officials said on Monday, as residents of a rural community devastated by the disaster marked its six-month anniversary.
Heavy rains spur New Mexico evacuations, close caverns park
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – Heavy rains lingering over southeastern New Mexico from Tropical Storm Odile forced people out of more than 100 houses and kept the popular Carlsbad Caverns National Park closed on Monday.
Leader of Iran sanctions group launches non-profit to fight terror financing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The leader of a Manhattan-based non-profit that tries to put pressure on Iran by publicly criticizing people and firms who do business there announced on Monday he is launching a new non-profit devoted to tracking terrorist financi…
Retrial begins in Florida in loud music shooting
JACKSONVILLE Fla. (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Monday in the retrial of a middle-aged white man charged with killing an unarmed black teenager during a dispute over loud rap music.
