Rural Oregon voters back ban on GMO crops amid U.S. labeling uproar
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Voters in two small Oregon counties on Tuesday approved controversial ballot measures to ban cultivation of genetically engineered crops within their boundaries, though one measure is vulnerable to legal challenge under a n…
Nevada to move online healthcare enrollment to federal site
(Reuters) – Nevada’s health insurance exchange board on Tuesday voted to transfer control over its online program from its vendor, Xerox, to the federal government’s enrollment system.
U.S. high court halts execution of inmate claiming rare health defect
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted an 11th-hour reprieve to a Missouri death row inmate said by his lawyers to have a rare health condition that could lead to undue suffering from a lethal injection.
U.S. judge strikes down Pennsylvania law barring gay marriage
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – A federal judge struck down Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage on Tuesday in the latest court decision extending the rights of matrimony to gay and lesbian couples in the United States.
Probe of U.S. Veterans Affairs facilities expands: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S. Veterans Affairs facilities being investigated for problems involving delays in treating patients has more than doubled to 26, CNN reported on Tuesday.
Former California fire chief charged with stabbing girlfriend to death
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A former California fire chief, who evaded capture for two weeks after his live-in girlfriend was found stabbed to death in the home they shared, was charged with murder on Tuesday.
Chipotle bans firearms at restaurants after Texas demonstration
DENVER (Reuters) – Chipotle Mexican Grill will no longer allow firearms in its restaurants after gun-rights activists posed with military-style assault rifles at one of its Texas outlets, the company said on Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors subpoena Oregon health agency in grand jury probe
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed documents from Oregon’s health exchange agency as part of a grand jury investigation into how the state used federal money to set up the now-failed health insurance exchange, state offici…
Santa Cruz becomes first California county to ban fracking
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Santa Cruz on Tuesday became the first California county to ban fracking, the latest in a string of moves by local governments in the state to take a stand against the controversial oil and gas producing method.
Family of man who killed sons in Washington state blast to get insurance payout: judge
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – The family of a Washington state man who killed himself and his two young sons in a fiery explosion in 2012 is entitled to a share of a life insurance payout from the boys’ deaths, a federal judge has ruled.
