Snowden to speak on government spying at Texas video-conference
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former security contractor Edward Snowden, facing arrest if he steps foot on U.S. soil, will participate remotely in a panel discussion next week in Texas about governmental intrusion into privacy, conference organizers said o…
Los Angeles City Council approves e-cigarette ban
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban the use of electronic cigarettes, popularly known as “vaping,” from restaurants, bars, nightclubs and other public spaces within the nation’s second-largest city.
High-ranking U.S. military officer goes on trial for sex charges
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) – Army Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair’s court-martial on a sexual assault charge that could send him to prison for life got under way on Tuesday, one of the few such proceedings against a top U.S. military offic…
Washington, D.C., city council passes pot decriminalization vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A measure decriminalizing marijuana in the U.S. capital got final approval from Washington’s city council on Tuesday, a move that would make smoking pot a violation comparable to a parking ticket.
U.S. justices extend employee whistleblower protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said whistleblower protections apply not just to publicly traded companies but also to subcontractors that do business with them.
Arctic cold sets records in eastern United States
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The eastern and central United States were plunged into a deep freeze on Tuesday, with record low temperatures in the wake of a deadly storm expected to moderate in coming days.
‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ couple admit to financial fraud
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Husband-and-wife cast members of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” reality television show pleaded guilty on Tuesday to mail and wire fraud conspiracy and bankruptcy fraud stemming from what prosecutors said was years o…
Massachusetts crime lab tech who faked drug tests was sole ‘bad actor’: state
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former Massachusetts state crime-lab chemist who admitted to faking drug test results was the sole “bad actor” at the facility, but lax management allowed her to carry on for nine years, an official review released on Tuesday concl…
Kentucky to hire outside counsel to defend gay-marriage ban
(Reuters) – Kentucky’s governor plans to hire an outside counsel to appeal a federal court ruling that the state recognize same-sex marriages from other states, after Kentucky’s attorney general refused to challenge the decision.
Georgia state lawmakers OK medical marijuana as seizure treatment
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia measure that would legalize use of a liquid, non-intoxicating form of marijuana for patients with severe seizure disorders has been passed by the state House of Representatives with wide support.
