More than 100 passengers sick on cruise off California
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A cruise ship with more than 100 passengers and crew suffering from a gastrointestinal ailment caused by Norovirus, have arrived in San Diego, a cruise line spokeswoman said on Thursday.
U.S. Justice Dept faults Albuquerque police on excessive force
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department cited the Albuquerque Police Department on Thursday for engaging in what federal civil rights investigators call a pattern of excessive force, some of it deadly, against residents of New M…
Minnesota lawmakers OK raising minimum wage to $9.50 an hour
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Minnesota lawmakers on Thursday approved a measure raising the state’s minimum wage from one of the lowest in the nation to one of the highest.
California ex-city official gets more than 11 years in corruption case
(Reuters) – A former top official for the California city of Bell was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison on Thursday for her role in a public corruption scandal that drew national attention and led to upheaval in the working-class community.
Justice Dept faults Albuquerque police on excessive force
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department cited the Albuquerque police department on Thursday for engaging in what federal civil rights investigators call a pattern of excessive force, some of it deadly, against residents of New M…
Five charged in kidnapping of North Carolina prosecutor’s father
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – Five people face kidnapping charges in the abduction of a North Carolina prosecutor’s father, who was rescued in Atlanta four days after disappearing from his home, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Thursd…
Dartmouth gets $100 million donation, largest in school’s history
(Reuters) – Dartmouth College has received an anonymous donation of $100 million – the largest in its 244-year history, the Ivy League school said on Thursday.
Appeals court hears case testing gay-marriage rights
DENVER (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court signaled on Thursday it may strike down a Utah ban on same-sex marriages in the highest-level case to date to test whether gay and lesbian couples have a right under the U.S. Constitution to marry.
Judge orders Indiana to recognize ailing gay woman’s marriage
(Reuters) – Indiana must recognize immediately a terminally ill gay woman’s marriage to her partner in Massachusetts, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
Detroit prosecutors charge juvenile in mob beating of motorist
(Reuters) – Prosecutors in Detroit on Thursday charged a 16-year-old with a hate crime in the severe beating of a motorist who stopped to help a 10-year-old boy he struck accidentally.
