Toy drone disrupts aircraft fighting California wildfire
(Reuters) – A private drone trying to film a wildfire that has charred nearly six square miles in Northern California briefly disrupted firefighting efforts, although workers had gained the upper hand against the blaze, officials said on Monday.
Police arrest four in beating death of China grad student near USC
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Four people, two of them juveniles, have been arrested in the robbery and beating death last week of a Chinese graduate student near his off-campus apartment, Los Angeles Police officials said on Monday.
Police search for Oregon mom who vanished while running errands
NEWBERG Ore. (Reuters) – Police in Oregon were searching on Monday for a stay-at-home mother of two young children who seemingly vanished from her small community while running household errands last week, as her family said they feared the worst.
San Diego council approves minimum wage hike to $11.50 an hour by 2017
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The San Diego City Council gave formal approval on Monday to an ordinance that would incrementally raise the minimum wage in California’s second-largest city to $11.50 an hour by January 2017, mostly for workers in the restaurant …
Round-up of wild horses gets under way in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Federal land managers began rounding up wild horses on public land in central Utah on Monday as part of efforts to cut herd numbers and placate ranchers who say the animals destroy range land vital for cattle grazing.
Pregnant NY woman says she was put in chokehold by NYPD officer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York woman who is seven months pregnant complained on Monday that she was put in a chokehold by a New York police officer after barbecuing outside her home, fueling a controversy that has raged in the city following a man’s d…
Man acquitted in murder of Michigan college football player
(Reuters) – A man accused of murdering and robbing an Eastern Michigan University football player last October was acquitted of all charges by a jury on Monday.
Arizona inmate uses basketball hoop to leap to freedom
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A physically fit felon escaped from a detention facility in Arizona by scaling a basketball hoop in the yard and then jumping from it onto a fence, authorities said on Monday.
Judge allows $2 billion sale of NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers to proceed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The record $2 billion sale of pro basketball’s Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft Corp chief executive Steve Ballmer can proceed over the objections of co-owner Donald Sterling, a judge tentatively ruled on Monday.
San Diego council approves minimum wage hike to $11.50 an hour by 2017
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The San Diego City Council gave formal approval on Monday to an ordinance incrementally raising the minimum wage in California’s second-largest city to $11.50 an hour by January 2017, mostly for workers in the restaurant and retai…
