Maine police searching for fake cops after marijuana robbery
AUGUSTA Maine (Reuters) – Police are searching for three armed men who dressed as law enforcement officers to steal medical marijuana plants from a licensed grower in the small central Maine town of Winterport.
AEG asks for more time to lure pro football team back to Los Angeles
(Reuters) – Developer Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) asked Los Angeles on Monday to give it more time to lure a pro football team back to the city and start building a $1.2 billion stadium downtown.
U.S. courts deny trafficking victims lost wages: study
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most victims of sex and labor trafficking in the United States fail to get any back pay, despite a U.S. law requiring courts to order convicted traffickers to pay their lost wages, a new study has found.
New York mayor de Blasio plans expansion of living wage: NYT
(Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to expand the city’s living wage measure to include thousands of additional workers, as well as increase the amount workers are paid under the law, the New York Times reported on Monday.
Texas hospital puts possible Ebola patient in isolation
(Reuters) – A Texas hospital said on Monday it has admitted a patient into “strict isolation” to be evaluated for possible infection with the Ebola virus, as health officials battle an epidemic in West Africa that has already killed thousands of people…
Fence-jumper ran through much of main floor of White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The man who breached security at the White House this month raced through several rooms on the main floor, penetrating farther into the building than previously disclosed, a Republican congressman said on Monday.
White substance in envelope at Reagan Library causes security scare
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A white substance from an envelope opened by a staff member at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, caused a security scare on Monday, but the substance was later found to be non-toxic, a spokeswoman for the ins…
Texas jury convicts woman of murder in ‘black widow’ trial
FORT WORTH Texas (Reuters) – A Texas jury in what has been dubbed a “black widow” trial convicted a 45-year-old mother of four of murder and evidence tampering on Monday for shooting to death her husband in a 2011 plot to collect insurance money, an of…
Flat roofs no longer required on L.A. skyscrapers as city repeals rule
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles has scrapped a 1950s rule requiring its skyscrapers to have flat roofs and helipads, giving architects a freer hand to shape the skyline of America’s second-largest city.
Texas jury convicts woman of murder in so-called ‘black widow’ trial
(Reuters) – A Texas jury convicted a 45-year-old mother of four of murder and tampering with evidence on Monday in the 2011 shooting death of her husband in a suburb of Fort Worth in a plot to collect insurance money, an official said.
