Venezuelan man charged in Miami with fish and coral smuggling
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Venezuelan man charged with smuggling more than 100 specimens of fish and live coral out of the United States in his luggage faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after he was arrested trying to board a plane from Miami to …
Florida teenager at center of escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Family and friends of a Florida teenager who says he was beaten by Israeli police while in detention describe him as a typical U.S. high school student.
Maine companies sued over treatment of migrant blueberry pickers
BOWDOINHAM Maine (Reuters) – Two Maine companies and a labor recruiter are being sued for allegedly mistreating Haitian migrant workers during the state’s wild blueberry harvest in 2008.
Massachusetts judge OKs moving ex-NFLer Hernandez to Boston jail
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge agreed on Monday to transfer former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez to a state jail near Boston and closer to his lawyers as he prepares for two trials where he will face charges of murdering three…
Nine dead, 53 wounded in bloody holiday weekend in Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Fourth of July holiday weekend brought an explosion of gunfire to Chicago, with more than 50 people shot and nine killed, authorities said on Monday.
Boeing says no shipment delays from Spirit Aerosystems
(Reuters) – Boeing Co said there would be no delay in shipments from supplier Spirit Aerosystems Holdings Inc, following the derailment of a train last week en route to the planemaker’s factories in Washington state.
New York governor signs medical marijuana bill into law
ALBANY N.Y. (Reuters) – Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday he had signed legislation making New York the 23rd state to allow medical marijuana, calling his approach, which forbids smoking of the drug and includes strict limits, the “smartest” any sta…
LA police will require judges to sign off on immigrant detentions
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police in Los Angeles will no longer hold in jail undocumented immigrants for federal authorities unless a judge requests it, officials said on Monday.
South Carolina toddler dies after being trapped in hot car
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – A 3-year-old boy died on Saturday after he walked out of a South Carolina home last Wednesday, climbed into his grandmother’s car and became trapped, a South Carolina coroner said on Monday.
U.S. arrests Russian in hacking of retail systems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have arrested a Russian man accused of hacking into American retailers’ computer systems to steal credit card data from 2009 to 2011, officials said on Monday.
