Arkansas same-sex couples wed after judge ends gay marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) – Several same-sex couples in Arkansas were married at a county courthouse in Eureka Springs on Saturday, a day after a state judge struck down the state’s 10-year-old ban on gay and lesbian marriage.
Tiny houses a way off the streets for Wisconsin homeless
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) – After surviving two long, cold Wisconsin winters on the streets, Betty Ybarra traded freezing park benches and tents for a tiny house made of recycled wood she helped build herself.
New York moves 9/11 attack victims’ remains to Ground Zero
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The unidentified remains of those killed in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City were moved into a repository at the bedrock level of Ground Zero on Saturday after a procession through Manhattan …
New Jersey woman found stabbed to death, sons found in South Carolina
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A New Jersey man was arrested on Saturday and charged with stabbing his estranged wife to death and driving off in her car with their two young sons to a relative’s home in South Carolina, police and prosecutors said.
Alabama baker turns Grandma’s cookie recipe into national brand
MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) – At family holiday gatherings, Robert Armstrong had two goals, to beat his cousins to his grandmother’s cookie tin and make sure he saved room for dinner.
New Mexico nuclear waste site halts shipments of toxic materials to Texas
(Reuters) – A New Mexico nuclear waste dump, which saw a radiation leak in February, has halted shipments of toxic waste barrels to a commercial Texas facility amid concerns that chemical reactions could trigger another release there, officials said on…
San Francisco firefighter a ‘scapegoat’ in death of Asiana passenger: lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A veteran San Francisco firefighter blamed for accidentally running over and killing a 16-year-old passenger thrown from an Asiana Airlines plane crash sued the city on Friday, claiming she was unfairly made a scapegoat.
Lawsuit seeks to bar Washington state from collecting pot taxes
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – A federal lawsuit filed this week challenges Washington state’s ability to tax marijuana sales given the drug’s illegal status under federal law.
Montana retreats from plan to kill elk to lessen disease risk to cattle
(Reuters) – Montana wildlife managers on Friday backed off a plan to allow ranchers near Yellowstone National Park to kill elk as a disease prevention measure, after the plan sparked criticism and a lawsuit by hunting groups, an official said.
University of Oregon drops players accused of rape from basketball team
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Three University of Oregon basketball players who were accused of rape have been dropped from the team despite a decision by prosecutors not to charge them criminally, the school’s president said on Friday.
