U.S. drug ‘mule’ gets 3-year prison term on his 90th birthday
DETROIT (Reuters) – A 90-year-old Indiana man who admitted serving as a cocaine courier for a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in federal prison.
Colorado Senate OKs co-op banking option for marijuana sellers
DENVER (Reuters) – The Colorado state Senate passed a bill on Wednesday to create the nation’s first state-run marijuana financial cooperative, with the ultimate aim of opening newly legalized cannabis retail outlets to key banking services through the…
Fast-food workers threaten global wage protests next week
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fast-food workers plan strikes in 150 cities across the United States and protests in 33 other countries on May 15 to demand higher pay and better working conditions, organizers said in New York on Wednesday.
Seattle lawyer pleads guilty to raping massage therapists
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – A prominent Seattle attorney pleaded guilty on Wednesday to raping five immigrant women who worked at Asian massage parlors in the Seattle area in a deal expected to result in a 25-year prison sentence, prosecutors said….
U.S. drug agents raid synthetic drug dealers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 150 synthetic drug makers and sellers have been arrested in a U.S. crackdown on designer drugs whose profits largely flow to the Middle East, the Drug Enforcement Administration said on Wednesday.
U.S. general confident F-35 logistics system will work overseas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The computerized logistics system that controls the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet still needs work, but it will be able to support three F-35s on their first overseas trip for two UK air shows this summer, a top Pentagon …
U.S. drug ‘mule’ gets three-year prison sentence on his 90th birthday
DETROIT (Reuters) – An Indiana man who prosecutors said hauled more than a ton of cocaine to Michigan from the southwestern United States over several trips was sentenced on Wednesday, his 90th birthday, to three years in federal prison.
States must be warned of oil-by-rail cargoes, U.S. says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. companies moving crude oil via rail must tell state officials when a cargo is moving across their jurisdiction, the U.S. Transportation Secretary said on Wednesday, the latest response to a string of fiery derailments.
FBI cleared in shooting death of California murder-kidnap suspect
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – FBI agents who shot and killed a California murder suspect who abducted a teen-aged girl and fled to the Idaho wilderness used reasonable force to defend themselves against a fugitive who opened fire with his rifle, investigat…
Texas City street shut by Marathon refinery leak
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A street in Texas City, Texas was shut for several hours on Wednesday morning by a leak of the volatile hydrocarbon naphtha at Marathon Petroleum Corp’s Galveston Bay Refinery, said a city official and a company spokeswoman.
