Massachusetts denies Boston request to delay casino license
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts gaming regulators unanimously denied a request from Boston’s mayor on Wednesday to delay awarding a casino license near the city until November, saying that voters have the right to know where the casino will be built before heading to the polls.
‘McHale’s Navy’ yes-man actor Bob Hastings dies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Veteran Hollywood actor Bob Hastings, best-remembered as a bootlicking lieutenant in the 1960s television World War Two comedy “McHale’s Navy,” has died at the age of 89.
More than $28 million donated to Newtown shooting victims, state report says
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – More than $28 million has been donated to support people affected by the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, and more than half the money has been distributed, a Connecticut attorney general report said on Tuesday.
Colombians extradited to U.S. for DEA agent’s killing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seven Colombians have been extradited to the United States to face charges related to the 2013 murder of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.
Boy in critical condition after Arizona target-shooting accident
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A 9-year-old Arizona boy suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit in the neck by bullet ricochet while target shooting early Wednesday in the desert west of Phoenix, authorities said.
Conviction overturned for woman who aided ‘squawk-box’ prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – (This June 30 story has been corrected to fix last name of lawyer Marjorie Peerce in last paragraph. Corrected story moved on July 1)
U.S. military to face growing crises, falling budgets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – First it was worries over the South China Sea, Afghanistan, Libya, Mali and Syria. Then it was Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the hunt for Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram. Now the United States and its allies find…
Texas man pleads guilty to attempting to aid terrorists
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to attempting to provide “material support to terrorists” in Somalia by recruiting people to join in fighting, U.S. prosecutors said.
Target asks its customers to keep their guns out of stores
DALLAS (Reuters) – U.S. retail giant Target has asked people to keep guns out of its stores after being the subject of campaigns in Texas where people have brandished firearms in store aisles in their attempt to secure more rights to carry guns in publ…
Competency hearing set for Wisconsin girl in ‘Slenderman’ case
WAUKESHA Wis. (Reuters) – A judge on Wednesday ordered a competency hearing for one of two Wisconsin pre-teen girls accused of stabbing a friend to please the fictional Internet character “Slenderman” after experts deemed her mentally incompetent to pr…
