Supreme Court leaves California foie gras ban intact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a victory for animal rights activists, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed California to continue to ban foie gras, a delicacy produced from the enlarged livers of ducks and geese that have been force-fed corn.
$1 million bail set for Massachusetts woman found living with dead babies
UXBRIDGE Mass. (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge on Tuesday ordered a 31-year-old woman found living last month with the bodies of three dead infants in a rodent-infested house held on $1 million cash bail.The woman, Erika Murray, was arrested last month and charged with fetal death concealment, witness intimidation and animal cruelty after state officials removed four living children, ranging in age from 3 months to 13 years, from the house where they had been living in Blackstone, Massachusett
Boy, 10, charged in killing of woman, 90, in Pennsylvania
EAST STROUDSBURG Pa. (Reuters) – A 10-year-old boy was held without bail on Tuesday after being charged as an adult in the killing of a 90-year-old woman who was held down with a walking stick and beaten at her caretaker’s Pennsylvania home.
Supreme Court justices chew on teeth-whitening dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court may have bitten off more than it can chew in a North Carolina case about whether the state dental board has the authority to regulate teeth-whitening services, with the justices appearing unsure how to rule…
U.S. should stump up billions to curb Central America migration: Perez
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – The United States should provide billions of dollars to help Central American nations curb the flow of illegal migrants, Guatemalan President Otto Perez said, and his government warns the problem will get worse if Washington …
Gonzalo to become major hurricane over open Atlantic waters on Tuesday
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Gonzalo is expected to become a major hurricane on Tuesday as it moves over the open Atlantic waters and swirls away from the northern Caribbean islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Oklahoma newspaper publisher, wife, daughter found dead in family home
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The publisher of a newspaper in a small Oklahoma city, his wife and their 17-year-old daughter were found dead inside their home on Monday and the local prosecutor is treating their deaths as homicides, according to police and…
Police arrest at least 50 protesting shootings of blacks in St. Louis area
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – More than 50 people were arrested in a series of peaceful rolling protests in the St. Louis area on Monday, staged to draw attention to police violence more than two months after a white officer killed an unarmed black teenager…
Judge rules AriZona iced tea co-founder, son owed $1 billion for buyout
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state judge ruled on Tuesday the privately held producer of AriZona iced tea should pay about $1 billion to buy out the half of the beverage maker owned by the co-founder and his son.
Hazmat crews at scene of crude spill in Louisiana: report
(Reuters) – A crude oil spill at Mooringsport village in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, led to the evacuation of at least one family, according to a report on KSLA television website.
