Massachusetts governor signs law tightening state gun rules
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has signed into law a measure giving police chiefs authority to turn down a resident’s requests to buy a rifle or shotgun if they believe the person may be a danger.
Police test mental health of daughter of American tourist killed in Bali
DENPASAR Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian police on Thursday ran psychiatric tests on the teenage daughter of an American woman found dead inside a suitcase on the resort island of Bali.
New York suburbs hit by flash floods after record rainfall
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than a foot of rain hit parts of New York’s Long Island on Wednesday, enough to set a preliminary state record, triggering flash floods and swamping cars on major roads that were turned into rivers during the morning rush hour…
Alaskan woman, mauled by bear, walks to truck and drives to hospital
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) – A 57-year-old Alaskan hiker survived after being mauled by a brown bear on a wilderness trail, walking more than a mile to her truck and driving to hospital after the attack, state police reported on Wednesday.
Arizona’s ‘pregnant man’ has right to divorce wife: court
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A transgender man who made headlines by giving birth to three children can divorce his wife of more than 10 years, an Arizona appeals court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting a lower court’s decision.
Mississippi seeks new ruling on restrictive abortion law
(Reuters) – Mississippi on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to review a decision deeming unconstitutional its 2012 law that would shut down the state’s sole abortion clinic and force women seeking the procedure to go out of state.
Mississippi appeals ruling against restrictive abortion law
(Reuters) – Mississippi filed an appeal on Wednesday to a federal court decision deeming unconstitutional its 2012 law that would shut down the state’s sole abortion clinic and force women seeking the procedure to go out of state.
Start of Detroit bankruptcy trial pushed to Aug. 29
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday once again delayed the start of the key phase of Detroit’s historic bankruptcy case, pushing it to Aug. 29 from Aug. 21.
Man arrested with dying immigrants in trunk weeps in San Diego court
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A 41-year-old man who was arrested after border officials found two dying Mexican men in the trunk of his car at the U.S.-Mexican border wept in court on Wednesday as he was arraigned on a federal smuggling charge.
Police chief says officer in Missouri shooting was injured
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – The police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager last weekend in Ferguson, Missouri, was injured in the incident that has sparked racially charged protests, the city’s police chief said on Wednesday.
