Georgia man’s death prompts lawsuit over police use of Tasers
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The family of a Georgia man who died in April after police used two Tasers on him up to 13 times filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Thursday, arguing the officers had no reason to repeatedly use the stun guns.
Four killed in New Mexico medical transport flight crash
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – A small medical transport plane bound for Arizona crashed in New Mexico outside of Las Cruces late on Wednesday, killing a patient and three crew members aboard, a state police official said on Thursday.
Florida man caught killing, and eating, threatened tortoises
MIAMI (Reuters) – Wildlife authorities in Florida caught a man who killed and ate 15 gopher tortoises and planned to slaughter 11 more of the threatened reptiles, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Air quality problems dog Irving’s New Brunswick oil-by-rail terminal
BOSTON (Reuters) – Irving Oil’s oil-by-rail terminal in Saint John, New Brunswick, has seen increasing air quality problems since it started up in 2012, undermining the company’s assurances to regulators the project would likely not impact the environm…
Woman dies when run over by bus at Burning Man, police say
(Reuters) – A woman at the week-long Burning Man arts and culture festival in the Nevada desert died on Thursday when she was run over by a bus carrying participants, police and organizers said.
U.S. lists 20 corals as threatened; activists want more
MIAMI (Reuters) – The U.S. government pared back the number of reef-building coral species it was considering to label as threatened from 66 to 20 this week, prompting criticism from conservationists.
Gay rights activists face charges over sit-in at Utah Legislature
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Thirteen Utah gay rights activists briefly arrested six months ago during a sit-in at the State Capitol to demand lawmakers consider an anti-discrimination bill are now facing misdemeanor charges linked to the protest, accord…
Search resumes in Virginia for pilot of crashed U.S. fighter plane
(Reuters) – Search resumed on Thursday for the pilot of a Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15C fighter that crashed in mountainous western Virginia, officials said.
Israeli police find body in search for missing US student
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police and volunteers found a body near a forest in Jerusalem on Thursday while searching for a 23-year-old American student who went missing last week, but said no formal identification had yet been made.
Santa Fe city council votes to decriminalize marijuana
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – Santa Fe on Wednesday became the latest U.S. city to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, with lawmakers in the New Mexico capital voting to change local statutes rather than put the issue to a public ballot in Novembe…
