Idaho veteran denied burial site for lesbian spouse offered plot by fellow vet
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A retired U.S. Army colonel on Wednesday offered up his burial plot in the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery to a veteran barred by state marriage laws and military rules from interring her ashes and those of her dead lesbian spou…
Wildfire threatens homes in drought-parched Southern California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A wind-driven brush fire burning out of control in a drought-parched Southern California wildland on Wednesday threatened a wealthy community in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains and forced the evacuation of hundreds…
Denver sheriff halts federal immigration holds
DENVER (Reuters) – Denver will no longer hold people in its jail at the request of federal immigration officials once they are eligible for release on the charges they were arrested for, the county’s sheriff said on Wednesday.
Texas wellhead blast kills two workers, injures nine others
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A wellhead exploded in a hail of shrapnel at a west Texas oil field near the New Mexico border on Wednesday, killing two workers and injuring nine others, a spokesman for the Loving County Sheriff’s Office said.
Texas lawmen sentenced for drug trafficking along Mexican border
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Nine former south Texas law officers were sentenced from between nine and 17 years in federal prison for using their badges and police vehicles to move and sell large shipments of drugs, a federal court official said on W…
Takeoffs resume at Southern California airports after glitch halts flights
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Takeoffs at several Southern California airports, including Los Angeles International Airport, were halted for up to two hours on Wednesday after computer problems led a federal air traffic control facility to issue a “ground st…
NBA sets wheels turning for Clippers sale; Oprah in wings
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Several luminaries from sports and show business, Oprah Winfrey among them, signaled interest on Wednesday in buying the Los Angeles Clippers as the NBA set a first meeting to weigh removing Donald Sterling as owner over racist …
Ohio governor commutes death sentence of convicted killer
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man convicted of killing a Cleveland produce vendor will leave death row after more than three decades and less than a month before his scheduled execution, but spend the rest of his life in prison, Governor John Kasich sa…
CSX oil train derails in Virginia, leaks into river
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A CSX Corp train carrying crude oil derailed and burst into flames in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, on Wednesday, spilling oil into the James River and forcing hundreds to evacuate.
Head of leading anti-gun violence group to step down
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The executive director of the gun control group founded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, which has emerged as a leading counterweight to the National Rifle Association, said on Wednesday he would step down from the organ…
