Idaho’s top court grants adoptive rights to spouse in gay marriage
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Idaho’s top court on Monday ruled that state law allows a woman to adopt the children of her same-sex spouse, in a precedent-setting victory for gay couples in a socially conservative U.S. state that has banned the unions.
Pentagon weapons buyer sees tough choices from tight budgets
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Tighter budgets risk hurting the combat readiness of some U.S. military units and will force tough decisions about research and procurement, but key weapons such as the F-35 fighter jet remain a priority, a senior Pentagon officia…
Toss-up seen in race to succeed San Diego’s disgraced ex-mayor
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – San Diego voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose between two city councilmen vying in a race seen as too close to call to succeed disgraced former Mayor Bob Filner, who resigned amid a hail of sexual harassment allegations …
Gay rights activists arrested in Utah after statehouse sit-in
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Thirteen Utah gay rights activists were arrested on Monday at the state Capitol after a sit-in to demand lawmakers hear a bill barring housing and job discrimination based on sexual orientation, authorities said.
One dead, one partly buried in Colorado avalanche: officials
(Reuters) – An avalanche capable of snapping trees or burying a car tore through a mountainous area of Colorado on Monday, killing one snowmobiler and partially burying another, a monitoring group in the Western U.S. state said.
California vows to press ahead with climate change programs
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California plans to extend its suite of ambitious and controversial carbon reduction programs beyond 2020, saying the results to date show the state can grow its economy while fighting climate change.
Package explodes in Tennessee, one dead, one hurt
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – A package exploded on Monday at a residence in central Tennessee, killing one person and injuring another, emergency officials said.
Nevada ends fight to ban gay marriage, cites changed landscape
(Reuters) – Nevada dropped its defense of a state ban on gay marriage on Monday, saying the U.S. legal landscape had changed and its arguments in support of a voter-approved ban on same-sex nuptials were no longer sustainable.
Julia Roberts’s half sister Nancy Motes found dead
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The half sister of Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts died from a possible drug overdose, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said on Monday.
18 North Carolina patients may have been exposed to rare brain disease
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C./NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eighteen neurological patients in North Carolina may have been exposed to an incurable and fatal disorder similar to “mad cow” disease while undergoing surgery at the Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center because…
