Florida cat owners call 911 after Russian blue ‘freaked out’
ORLANDO Florida (Reuters) – Kush the cat was quarantined in central Florida after her owner called 911 over the weekend for help, saying the ferocious feline had her trapped in her home.
Police shoot knife-wielding woman dead outside Idaho hospital
SALMON Idaho (Reuters) – Police shot and killed a woman brandishing a knife outside a regional medical center in northern Idaho that had been locked down amid reports of a weapons threat, authorities said Wednesday.
Utah to appeal gay marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Utah’s attorney general will appeal directly to the U.S. Supreme Court over last month’s ruling by a federal appeals court that backed gay marriage in the conservative, heavily Mormon state, his office said on Wednesday.
New York man gets 17 years in beating death of nursing home roommate
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former New York nursing home resident who pleaded guilty to clubbing to death his 71-year-old roommate has been sentenced to 17 years in prison, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Prostitute gave client heroin overdose: California police
(Reuters) – Police in California have arrested a woman they described as a high-priced prostitute who is suspected of murdering a man by injecting him with a fatal dose of heroin on board his yacht in a Santa Cruz harbor, authorities said.
Congress seen unlikely to block threatened New York transit strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Congress will likely not intervene to prevent a threatened strike this month that would shut down the Long Island Rail Road, the country’s largest commuter rail system, a U.S. representative from New York said on Wednesday.
Teen arrested in killing of New Jersey girl shot on her scooter
(Reuters) – A teen was arrested in the killing of a 12-year-old girl who was riding on her scooter near a family gathering in Paterson, New Jersey, when she was struck by a stray bullet, officials said on Wednesday.
Girlfriend says she told accused Boston bomber’s friend to dump backpack
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Kazakh woman said in a videotaped deposition shown in court on Wednesday she demanded that her boyfriend dispose of a backpack containing empty fireworks shells he had taken from the college dorm room of his friend Dzhokhar Tsarnae…
Arizona professor admits resisting arrest during scuffle
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A professor in Arizona who scuffled with campus police after being stopped for walking in the middle of the street at night pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest, court officials said.
Berkeley, California orders free pot for poor patients
BERKELEY California (Reuters) – A California college town known for its liberal activism has voted to make medicinal marijuana dispensaries give away free a small amount of their pot to the poor.
