Four more charged with hate crimes tied to 2011 Mississippi slaying
JACKSON Miss. (Reuters) – Four white Mississippi residents pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal hate crime charges stemming from an attack on a black man run over by a truck and killed, in a case that has already yielded six convictions.
Opponents question signatures gathered by California breakup group
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Opponents of a long-shot plan to break California into six states demanded an investigation on Thursday into the signature-gathering techniques used by proponents trying to put their proposal before voters in 2016.
Opponents question signatures gathered by California breakup group
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Opponents of a long-shot plan to break California into six states demanded an investigation on Thursday into the signature-gathering techniques used by proponents trying to put their proposal before voters in 2016.
Florida judge strikes down voter-approved same-sex marriage ban
MIAMI (Reuters) – A county judge in Florida struck down on Thursday the state’s gay marriage ban, the latest in a string of court rulings across the United States voiding state laws that restrict the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Suit filed on behalf of woman seen punched by California Highway Patrol officer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Attorneys filed a lawsuit on Thursday on behalf of a woman whose arrest was caught on video when a California Highway Patrol officer threw her to the ground beside a Los Angeles freeway and punched her, an incident that angered …
California bank robbers sought to kill police officers: chief
(Reuters) – Heavily armed bank robbers who took hostages and engaged police in a running gun battle during a high-speed chase across three Northern California communities were bent on killing officers, a police chief said on Thursday.
Louisiana man pleads guilty in 1985 pet cemetery slaying
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A Louisiana man who had long been a suspect in the brutal 1985 slaying of woman at a secluded pet cemetery where he worked as a groundskeeper pleaded guilty on Friday to manslaughter in her death, authorities said.
One dead, two injured in boat crash on popular Seattle lake
SEATTLE (Reuters) – One person was killed when a power boat slammed into a sailboat on a popular Seattle lake, scattering debris over a wide stretch of water, and the motorboat owner was facing criminal charges in the matter, police said on Thursday.
Washington state says marijuana brownies OK, but no lollipops
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Marijuana stores in Washington state can sell marijuana in cookies, brownies and other approved baked goods but cannot put the drug in candies, lollipops or food items that might appeal to children, according to newly released rules…
Gay, married church worker sues Missouri Catholic diocese for firing
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) – A Missouri church worker sued the Catholic diocese in Kansas City on Thursday claiming she was wrongfully fired from her salaried position as a pastoral associate after her marriage to another woman was mentioned in a local …
