Strong storms, possible tornadoes Saturday in U.S. plains states
(Reuters) – Damaging storms with high winds, heavy rain, large hail and isolated tornadoes are forecast for some central U.S states on Saturday, the National Weather Service said on Friday.
Virginia lawmakers pass budget, nix Medicaid expansion
(Reuters) – Virginia’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a two-year budget late on Thursday that shot down the Democratic governor’s proposal to expand Medicaid and closed a $1.55 billion revenue shortfall.
Georgia won’t enforce law on food stamp drug testing
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia will not drug test food stamp recipients under a controversial new law that both federal and state officials concluded was illegal, the governor’s office said on Friday.
Grief, resolve marks Oregon high school graduation ceremony after fatal shooting
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Two days after a teenaged gunman shot dead a classmate and took his own life, a Oregon high school held a graduation ceremony marked by grief, bewilderment and vows to move forward.
Nextdoor CEO pleads no contest to hit and run charge
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia, whose social networking website espouses neighborhood safety and community, pleaded no contest Thursday in a San Mateo court to a misdemeanor for leaving the scene of a highway accident that a driver …
Woman charged with throwing shoe at Clinton in Nevada to undergo competency evaluation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in Nevada has ordered a competency evaluation for a woman charged with throwing a shoe at former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during an April speaking appearance in Las Vegas, according to court papers re…
Jamaica to decriminalize personal marijuana possession
KINGSTON (Reuters) – The Jamaican government has decided to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, joining the trickle of countries moving to soften laws on the drug known on the Caribbean island as “ganja.”
NORAD scrambled fighters after Russian bombers seen off California coast
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two Russian long-range bombers were spotted just 50 miles off the California coast earlier this week and air defense officials scrambled a pair of F-22 fighter jets to make visual identification, a NORAD spokeswoman said on Thur…
Woman charged with throwing shoe at Clinton in Nevada to undergo competency evaluation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in Nevada has ordered a competency evaluation for a woman charged with throwing a shoe at former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during an April speaking appearance in Las Vegas, according to court papers re…
Court ruling allows Occupy protesters to restore tent city in Idaho
SALMON Idaho (Reuters) – The Occupy movement, which withered after clampdowns on protest encampments in U.S. cities, may now legally erect a tent city in Idaho after a federal court order barred the state from enforcing a ban, citing free speech rights…
