Prosecutors in NYC’s Brooklyn won’t pursue low-level pot cases
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors in New York City’s most populous borough of Brooklyn will no longer prosecute low-level marijuana possession cases, particularly for first-time offenders, the office said on Tuesday.
Florida lawyers fired for calling Palestinians ‘swine,’ ‘cockroaches’
MIAMI (Reuters) – Two South Florida public defenders were fired Tuesday after making inflammatory remarks on social media about Palestinians allegedly celebrating the abduction and murder of three Israeli teenagers in June.
Oklahoma rape suspect arrested while in coma dies at hospital
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma suspect in multiple rapes who was arrested after a car crash left him in a coma died at a hospital on Tuesday hours before he was to be formally charged, prosecutors said.
U.S. judge declines to dismiss charges against ex-Connecticut governor
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss charges that former Connecticut Governor John Rowland violated campaign finance laws while working as an adviser to congressional campaigns after leaving office.
Warring Episcopalians in South Carolina court over $500 million in property
CHARLESTON South Carolina (Reuters) – A dispute between the U.S. Episcopal Church and a breakaway diocese angered over its acceptance of gay rights wound up in court on Tuesday as a trial got under way to decide the fate of $500 million in historic rea…
Two dead in shooting at Washington state medical center: police
(Reuters) – Police said two people died on Tuesday in a shooting at a medical center in Spokane, Washington, and that it appeared a man shot a woman before taking his own life.
Three hurt in electrical accident at NYC’s Intrepid Sea, Air & Space museum
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three people were injured on Tuesday in an electrical accident at the New York City pier where the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is located, fire officials said.
Body count up to 17 after Chicago’s bloody holiday weekend
(Reuters) – The death toll from a spree of gun violence in Chicago during the Fourth of July holiday weekend has risen to 17, the medical examiner’s office said on Tuesday.
Car service Uber, New York AG reach deal on emergency pricing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc, a car service that allows users to summon a ride on their smartphone, has agreed to cap prices during emergencies and natural disasters in New York state to prevent price gouging, New York Attorney General Er…
Chicago mayor’s panel recommends hiking minimum wage to $13
(Reuters) – Chicago’s minimum wage would rise to $13 an hour from $8.25 by 2018 under a proposal announced on Tuesday by a panel that Mayor Rahm Emanuel appointed to chart a path for raising the wage floor in the nation’s third largest city.
