California drought dries up plans for historic gold rush celebration
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California’s drought has claimed yet another historic casualty in this parched capital city – the annual heritage celebration known as Gold Rush Days.
U.S. marshals, police wounded, fugitive dead in NYC gunfight
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two U.S. marshals and a New York police detective were wounded and a fugitive wanted on sex abuse charges was killed in a shootout in the city’s upscale Greenwich Village neighborhood on Monday, authorities said.
U.S. judge tells jury to take one more shot at Ventura verdict
ST. PAUL Minn. (Reuters) – A federal judge asked a jury on Monday to try one more time in a defamation case brought by former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura after the panel said it could not reach a verdict following about five days of deliberations….
Blast at Mississippi fish plant kills one, injures three
(Reuters) – One man died and three others were injured in a blast at a fish processing plant in southern Mississippi on Monday, authorities said.
U.S. surveillance programs threaten freedom of press, report says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. surveillance programs are making it more difficult for government officials to speak to the press anonymously, two rights groups said on Monday.
Colorado attorney general again seeks to halt gay marriage in Boulder
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado’s attorney general asked the state’s highest court on Monday to order the Boulder County Clerk to stop giving out marriage licenses to gay couples, saying her actions must be governed by the current state of the law, court d…
Two men charged in deadly Philadelphia carjacking
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Philadelphia prosecutors have charged two men they say killed three children and injured three others when a carjacked SUV they were driving swerved out of control last week, city officials said in a news conference on Monday.
U.S. court backs government demand for names of ‘straw buyers’ of guns
DENVER (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday backed a federal government demand that firearms dealers in four southwestern border states report “straw buyers” suspected of purchasing multiple weapons for Mexican drug gangs.
Family of Texas doctor with Ebola not showing signs of virus
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – The family of a Texas doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa had traveled back to the United States before he showed symptoms and was not at risk for getting or spreading the disease, U.S. health offi…
Arrest made in case of kidnapped New Hampshire teenage girl
MANCHESTER N.H. (Reuters) – Police in New Hampshire on Monday arrested a 34-year-old man on charges of kidnapping a 15-year-old girl who disappeared from her small town in the White Mountains last fall and reappeared mysteriously last week.
