Advocates urge U.S. top court not to block gay marriage in Virginia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gay marriage supporters on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to block a court ruling that would allow same-sex couples to wed in Virginia.
Small plane from Florida crashes off Bahamas, four missing
MIAMI (Reuters) – The United States Coast Guard is searching for four missing people after a small plane that took off from Florida crashed Monday morning in the ocean near the western Bahamas.
Mississippi suspect accused of shooting man over mixed-race grandkids
(Reuters) – A Mississippi man charged with shooting and beating his mother’s boyfriend has been accused of carrying out the attack in anger over the victim’s mixed-race grandchildren, police said on Monday.
Jury selection starts for Texas teacher charged with killing boy with car
DALLAS (Reuters) – Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a former Texas school teacher accused of killing a 6-year-old boy in a 2013 hit-and-run accident who was arrested after a much publicized, nearly week-long manhunt.
California flight stowaway released from jail after three days
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A woman with a history of sneaking aboard commercial flights was released from a Los Angeles County jail after serving only three days of a six-month sentence because of overcrowding in the lockup, authorities said on Monday.
$150 million convention center eyed for North Dakota oil patch
WILLISTON (Reuters) – A subsidiary of real estate developer The Prime Group Inc said on Monday it plans to build a $150 million convention center in Williston, North Dakota, aiming to supply a world-class meeting space for the fast-growing oil boom com…
Ex-Guatemalan drug kingpin pleads guilty to U.S. charges
(Reuters) – The patriarch of a Guatemalan family linked by authorities to Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to import more than 450 kilograms (992 pounds) of Colombian cocaine into the United States.
Second pot shop opens in Seattle amid slow start to legal sales
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle’s second retail marijuana store opened on Monday to a long line of customers, more than a month after Washington became the second U.S. state to legalize the recreational sale of cannabis to adults.
New Orleans police superintendent steps down
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas announced his retirement on Monday, bringing to a close a four-year tenure marked by a drop in murders, a reduction in the number of officers on patrol and federal demands to reform…
Wisconsin ex-policeman pleads not guilty in suitcase corpse case
KENOSHA Wis. (Reuters) – A former Wisconsin police officer entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of first-degree homicide in a case where he is accused of choking a woman to death, stuffing her body in a suitcase and dumping the luggage on a rural r…
