Arizona inmate takes nearly two hours to die in botched execution
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona inmate took almost two hours to die by lethal injection on Wednesday and his lawyers said he “gasped and snorted” before succumbing in the latest botched execution to raise questions about the death penalty in the United …
Preachers rail at police in funeral for NYC man who died in custody
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Preacher after preacher stepped up to the pulpit at a sweltering Brooklyn church on Wednesday to express fury at the city’s police force during the funeral of Eric Garner, who died soon after police put him in a banned chokehold.
U.S. health insurers to pay $330 million in premium rebates
(Reuters) – U.S. health insurers will send out about $330 million in rebates to employers and individuals this summer under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday.
U.S. judge strikes down Colorado’s gay marriage ban, stays ruling
DENVER (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Colorado’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, but stayed his ruling until the issue is decided by a higher court.
Republican Paul Ryan to renew U.S. poverty debate with grant plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Representative Paul Ryan will probably spark a new round of arguments over how to fight poverty in America on Thursday as he introduces a sweeping plan to replace long-standing social safety net programs with new block…
Colorado theater gunman’s lawyers challenge firearms analysis
DENVER (Reuters) – Lawyers defending accused theater gunman James Holmes challenged the reliability of firearms analysis on Wednesday, despite conceding that their client was solely responsible for the 2012 massacre that killed 12 moviegoers.
African Americans disproportionately cited for public pot use in Seattle -police
SEATTLE (Reuters) – African Americans in Seattle were ticketed disproportionately to their population for unlawfully using marijuana in public places during the first half of 2014, according to a report released on Wednesday by the city’s police depart…
San Francisco approves soda tax for November ballot
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco city leaders have approved a measure for the November ballot that would place a two-cents-per-ounce municipal tax on sodas and other sugary beverages, hoping to become the first major city to successfully impose …
Lack of immigration reform slows U.S.-Mexico economic growth: Mexican official
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – The growing network of cross-border ties with Mexico, including trade equaling $1 million every minute, is threatened by the lack of progress toward immigration reform in the United States, Mexico’s foreign secretary said …
U.S. says Chinese man pleads guilty in military technology sting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 28-year-old Chinese man pleaded guilty on Wednesday of attempting to smuggle military technology obtained from undercover U.S. agents out of the United States to China, the U.S. Justice Department said.
