Florida governor’s voter purge effort hits stumbling blocks
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott’s efforts to purge non-U.S. citizens from the state’s voter rolls, a move that has triggered legal challenges from voting rights groups, have been dealt the second significant setback in a we…
Texas tycoons hid $550 million in profits offshore, U.S. tells jury
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Texas tycoons Sam and Charles Wyly employed a labyrinthine system of offshore trusts to conceal stock trades in four companies on whose boards they sat, netting themselves more than $550 million in undisclosed profits, a U.S. gover…
Skydiver dies during record group-jump try in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An experienced skydiver was killed while taking part in a 222-person group-formation jump trying to set a world record on Thursday when the victim’s main parachute malfunctioned, a spokeswoman for the Arizona skydiving facility said…
Detroit manager seeks city’s bankruptcy exit by October 15
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit’s emergency manager, Kevin Orr, on Thursday said in testimony before a U.S. bankruptcy court that he wants the city to exit bankruptcy by October 15, just weeks after his 18-month term as state-appointed emergency manager is…
Alabama lawmakers send new abortion restriction bills to governor
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – Alabama measures to extend an abortion waiting period and tighten rules for minors seeking the procedure are headed to the governor’s desk, but a move to ban abortions based on evidence of a fetal heartbeat appears stall…
University of Connecticut issues all-clear after bomb threat
(Reuters) – Police found no evidence of explosive devices in a search of a building on the University of Connecticut’s campus outside Hartford following a bomb threat earlier on Thursday, and students and staff were cleared to return to the premises.
Texas set to execute inmate convicted of killing 13-year-old girl
(Reuters) – A suspected serial killer convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl and attempting to kill another girl is scheduled to be executed on Thursday in Texas, a day after an appeals court rejected his challenge regarding the drugs to be used in hi…
NY police officer cleared in accidental shooting of Hofstra student
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A police officer who accidentally shot dead a student at a suburban New York university, while responding to an armed robbery at her apartment, has been cleared of all wrongdoing, authorities said.
Maryland House panel rejects bill easing marijuana penalties
(Reuters) – A bill to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Maryland was effectively struck down by a committee in the state House of Delegates, a staff member said on Thursday.
Native American tribe may seek to hunt bison inside Yellowstone
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – The Nez Perce tribe once hunted bison in what is now Yellowstone National Park, and some tribal leaders want to revive the practice, which ended with Western settlement and the near total extermination of the once-vast U.S. bi…
