Californians favor $7.5 billion water bond to fight drought: poll
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Most Californians favor a ballot initiative authorizing spending $7.5 billion on projects to shore up the drought-parched state’s water supply, including a new reservoir and underground storage projects, a poll shows.
Former Louisiana mayor arrested on child porn possession charges
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – The former mayor of a small Louisiana city was arrested on Thursday and charged with 40 counts of possessing child pornography, prosecutors said.
Michigan girl, 15, charged with conspiring to kill her family
(Reuters) – A 15-year old Michigan girl was arraigned on Thursday on charges that she stabbed her younger brother and plotted to kill the rest of her family in their home while her boyfriend texted her instructions from outside, prosecutors said.
Oklahoma judge allows law on abortion pills to take effect
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma judge said on Wednesday he will allow a law governing the use of an abortion-inducing drug to take effect as planned on Nov. 1, over the objections of abortion rights advocates who said the measure is poor public h…
Trial date in Virginia killings set for former political candidate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Virginia judge on Thursday set a 2015 trial date for an eccentric former political candidate charged in three killings in the Washington area.
Romanian princess, husband sentenced for Oregon cockfighting ring
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A princess fifth in line for the Romanian throne and her husband who admitted running a cockfighting ring in rural Oregon have both sentenced to probation and ordered to forfeit $200,000 from the sale of the property, federal …
NYC taxi fleet owners win right to appeal ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ plan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s program to create a nearly uniform taxi fleet with cabs from Nissan Motor Co will face a renewed challenge, after fleet operators opposing the “Taxi of Tomorrow” plan won permission to take their case to the state’s…
Second White House fence jumper faces mental evaluation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The man arrested after jumping the White House fence on Wednesday night was charged in court with two federal offenses on Thursday, including harming a dog the Secret Service used to stop him from entering the presidential mansio…
Pennsylvania sniper hunt takes toll on lookalike, other locals
MOUNTAINHOME Pa. (Reuters) – Pocono Mountain residents are upset now that a six-week-old manhunt for an accused cop killer has forced the cancellation of school, hunting season and even Halloween parades, but few have suffered as much disruption to the…
Six bodies identified after decades in Oklahoma lake
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma authorities have formally identified six people whose bodies were found in a western Oklahoma lake in 2013, bringing a resolution to missing persons mysteries that spanned decades, a spokeswoman for the state medical …
