Round-up of wild horses gets under way in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Federal land managers began rounding up wild horses on public land in central Utah on Monday as part of efforts to cut herd numbers and placate ranchers who say the animals destroy range land vital for cattle grazing.
Pregnant NY woman says she was put in chokehold by NYPD officer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York woman who is seven months pregnant complained on Monday that she was put in a chokehold by a New York police officer after barbecuing outside her home, fueling a controversy that has raged in the city following a man’s d…
Man acquitted in murder of Michigan college football player
(Reuters) – A man accused of murdering and robbing an Eastern Michigan University football player last October was acquitted of all charges by a jury on Monday.
Arizona inmate uses basketball hoop to leap to freedom
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A physically fit felon escaped from a detention facility in Arizona by scaling a basketball hoop in the yard and then jumping from it onto a fence, authorities said on Monday.
Judge allows $2 billion sale of NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers to proceed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The record $2 billion sale of pro basketball’s Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft Corp chief executive Steve Ballmer can proceed over the objections of co-owner Donald Sterling, a judge tentatively ruled on Monday.
San Diego council approves minimum wage hike to $11.50 an hour by 2017
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The San Diego City Council gave formal approval on Monday to an ordinance incrementally raising the minimum wage in California’s second-largest city to $11.50 an hour by January 2017, mostly for workers in the restaurant and retai…
Gary, Indiana, picks new police chief after ‘heinous’ murders
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Gary, Indiana, has picked a new police chief and is stepping up crime prevention efforts after the slaying of a police officer and other “heinous” killings, the city’s mayor said on Monday.
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….
