U.S. charges Canadian antiques dealer with smuggling wildlife
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An antiques dealer in British Columbia was indicted by a U.S. grand jury on Tuesday for smuggling into Canada more than $500,000 of wildlife items, including rhinoceros horns and sculptures made from elephant ivory and coral, U.S. …
Expert testimony on Michigan porch shooting sheds light on gun
DETROIT (Reuters) – A state firearms expert gave testimony on Tuesday that potentially challenged a statement by a white suburban Detroit homeowner that he shot dead a black teenager when his shotgun accidentally discharged.
Naked woman slashes three during Pittsburgh-area street fight
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – Pennsylvania authorities were searching on Tuesday for a woman who, apparently nude, stabbed and slashed other women in a street fight at a public housing complex outside of Pittsburgh.
Colorado court tells county to stop issuing gay marriage permits
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado’s top court ordered the Boulder County Clerk on Tuesday to stop giving out marriage licenses to gay couples while it considers an appeal by the state’s attorney-general who says a ban on same-sex nuptials remains in force.
U.S. Senate bill proposes sweeping curbs on NSA surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Patrick Leahy introduced legislation on Tuesday to ban the U.S. government’s bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records and Internet data and narrow how much information it can seek in any particular search.
Parents sue Georgia school after teen found dead in gym mat
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The parents of a Georgia teenager whose body was found in a rolled-up wrestling mat in his school gym are suing school officials for failing to stop bullying by classmates who may have beaten their son to death, their attorney said …
Last U.S. crew member of Hiroshima bomber dies: report
(Reuters) – The last surviving crew member aboard the Enola Gay, the U.S. bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan in 1945, died at a retirement community in Georgia at age 93, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Man arrested in stabbing death of LA Clippers player’s aunt
(Reuters) – Police in California have arrested a man wanted for the fatal stabbing of the aunt of a Los Angeles Clippers player in a crime that drew national attention after the basketball star pleaded on social media for help in finding the suspect, a…
Seattle Jewish group calls for NRA lobbyist to quit over Holocaust remark
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Jewish leaders in Washington state called on Tuesday for the resignation of a National Rifle Association lobbyist over comments in which he compared the push for stricter gun control regulations to the policies of Nazi Germany.
Wrongfully convicted Connecticut man describes prison ‘nightmare’
HARTFORD Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut man whose wrongful conviction on rape and murder charges was reversed after 21 years in prison described his ordeal as a “nightmare” in a hearing on Tuesday before a state commissioner who can award him up to $8…
