Arizona treasurer claims victory in Republican primary for governor
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona state treasurer and businessman Doug Ducey claimed victory on Tuesday in the race to be the Republican nominee to replace outgoing Governor Jan Brewer, who has clashed repeatedly with the White House over illegal immigration…
California Senate approves measure banning warrantless drone surveillance
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The California State Senate passed legislation on Tuesday imposing strict regulations on how law enforcement and other government agencies can use drones, a move supporters said will protect privacy and prevent warrantless sur…
American man suspected of fighting with Islamic State is killed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An American man suspected of fighting alongside Islamic State militants who have seized large areas of Iraq and Syria to the alarm of the Baghdad government and its allies in the West has been killed in Syria, a U.S. official sa…
Santa Fe moves a step closer to decriminalizing marijuana
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – Santa Fe took a step towards decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana on Tuesday when the county commission agreed to put the issue up for a vote in November.
Insurers pay more tax on executive compensation under Obamacare: study
(Reuters) – When Washington eliminated corporate tax deductions on health insurance executive compensation above $500,000 under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law in 2013, it generated more than $72 million in additional tax revenue for the…
U.S. court will not block lawsuits over Connecticut SWAT raid
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that Connecticut police cannot claim immunity to quash lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages from a botched 2008 raid by a SWAT team that severely injured a homeowner and killed…
Suspect in L.A. drive-by killings charged with two other shootings
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of committing three apparently random shotgun slayings within a single hour on Sunday was formally charged on Tuesday with two other shootings, one of them fatal, police and prosecutors…
Detroit resumes water shutoffs for unpaid bills
DETROIT (Reuters) – Controversial water shutoffs in Detroit resumed on Tuesday after a month-long moratorium to allow delinquent customers to catch up with past-due bills, city officials said.
Four family members drown in Oregon lake
(Reuters) – Four members of a family, including two children, have drowned at an Oregon lake, in an unusual occurrence that may have started with one person getting into trouble in the water and other members of the family wading in, authorities said o…
Seventh-day Adventist church sued over allegations of abuse in youth program
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Two men who say they were molested in the 1970s by a youth group leader in Oregon sued the Seventh-day Adventist church for $13.5 million on Tuesday, saying it had appointed a known pedophile to head the program and failed to …
