Washington mayor signs marijuana decriminalization bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray on Monday signed a bill that decriminalizes possession of up to an ounce (28 grams) of marijuana in the U.S. capital.
U.S. court shuts telemarketing scam that targeted elderly: FTC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A scam in which telemarketers targeted elderly victims’ bank accounts – stealing more than $20 million by impersonating government and bank officials through fake companies – was shut down by a U.S. court, the Federal Trade Commi…
Virginia lawmaker says son’s suicide led to mental health reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A prominent Virginia state politician whose mentally ill son attacked him before committing suicide said on Monday that healthcare reforms passed because of the incident would prevent other tragedies.
Blizzard shuts schools, roads in northern U.S. Plains
(Reuters) – A spring blizzard swept through the northern U.S. Plains and upper Midwest on Monday causing treacherous driving conditions under heavy snow and strong winds that forced schools and some state offices to close.
Ex-Penn State president seeks dismissal of cover-up case
(Reuters) – Former Penn State President Graham Spanier filed a federal lawsuit on Monday seeking to end the state’s prosecution of him on charges he tried to cover up child abuse by onetime assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Judge slashes damages for billionaire Koch in fake wine case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge has thrown out a $12 million punitive damages award to billionaire William Koch in his lawsuit accusing a fellow oenophile of selling him 24 bottles of fake Bordeaux, and reduced the award to just $711,622.
Boston exhibit to showcase relics of Marathon bombing aftermath
BOSTON (Reuters) – Archivists in Boston used to handling documents ranging from budget records to minutes of city council meetings, along with an occasional file dating to the city’s 17th-century founding, have spent the last year processing thousands …
Two Colorado avalanche mitigation workers injured in blast
DENVER (Reuters) – Two workers helping mitigate the risk of avalanches on a Colorado mountain pass were injured on Monday when a mortar shell used to trigger controlled snow slides to prevent larger ones exploded prematurely, officials said.
Explosion risk remains near Washington LNG facility: emergency responders
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Officials are responding to a liquefied natural gas leak from a tank at the Williams Cos Ins LNG facility in Plymouth, Washington, where an explosion occurred earlier on Monday and another is still a possibility, a local emergency …
U.S. to require new cars to have rearview cameras by 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Monday it will require new cars and light trucks sold in the United States to have rearview cameras by May 2018, a regulation intended to prevent drivers from backing into pedestrians.
