Florida man caught killing, and eating, threatened tortoises
MIAMI (Reuters) – Wildlife authorities in Florida caught a man who killed and ate 15 gopher tortoises and planned to slaughter 11 more of the threatened reptiles, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Air quality problems dog Irving’s New Brunswick oil-by-rail terminal
BOSTON (Reuters) – Irving Oil’s oil-by-rail terminal in Saint John, New Brunswick, has seen increasing air quality problems since it started up in 2012, undermining the company’s assurances to regulators the project would likely not impact the environm…
Woman dies when run over by bus at Burning Man, police say
(Reuters) – A woman at the week-long Burning Man arts and culture festival in the Nevada desert died on Thursday when she was run over by a bus carrying participants, police and organizers said.
U.S. lists 20 corals as threatened; activists want more
MIAMI (Reuters) – The U.S. government pared back the number of reef-building coral species it was considering to label as threatened from 66 to 20 this week, prompting criticism from conservationists.
Gay rights activists face charges over sit-in at Utah Legislature
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Thirteen Utah gay rights activists briefly arrested six months ago during a sit-in at the State Capitol to demand lawmakers consider an anti-discrimination bill are now facing misdemeanor charges linked to the protest, accord…
Search resumes in Virginia for pilot of crashed U.S. fighter plane
(Reuters) – Search resumed on Thursday for the pilot of a Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15C fighter that crashed in mountainous western Virginia, officials said.
Israeli police find body in search for missing US student
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police and volunteers found a body near a forest in Jerusalem on Thursday while searching for a 23-year-old American student who went missing last week, but said no formal identification had yet been made.
Santa Fe city council votes to decriminalize marijuana
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – Santa Fe on Wednesday became the latest U.S. city to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, with lawmakers in the New Mexico capital voting to change local statutes rather than put the issue to a public ballot in Novembe…
Texas parents sue day care center for duct taping child to nap mat
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas couple has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a Fort Worth-area day care center seeking $1 million damages from the facility for duct-taping their 2-year-old son to a mat because he was unruly at nap time, their lawyer sai…
In town halls, U.S. lawmakers hear voter anger over illegal migrants
DALLAS (Reuters) – When Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling sat down with colleagues and constituents at a recent Chamber of Commerce lunch in Dallas, the first question he faced was whether Congress planned to address immigration policy and a burgeoning bo…
