Dallas Cowboys players unsure how much Brent drank before deadly crash
DALLAS (Reuters) – Two Dallas Cowboys players testified on Thursday they had no idea how much their former teammate Josh Brent had been drinking at a private club before he got into high-speed, single-car crash that killed another teammate.
ACLU seeks probe of alleged abuses at Arizona border checkpoints
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A civil rights group has demanded a federal probe into the operations at U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints in Arizona, charging that agents routinely abuse their authority and violate the constitutional rights of local residents.
Pentagon chief open to incentives to bolster nuclear force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is willing to consider offering additional incentives to bolster America’s nuclear missile force, the Pentagon said on Thursday, as an exam cheating scandal raises questions about trouble within…
Wildfire destroys homes near Los Angeles, three arrested
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A fast-moving California wildfire, started accidentally by three campers, roared out of control in foothills above Los Angeles on Thursday, destroying at least two homes and forcing more than 1,000 residents to flee, fire and la…
Washington cities can ban pot shops despite state OK
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Cities in Washington state may still opt to ban or regulate marijuana businesses within their boundaries despite a voter-approved state law legalizing recreational pot, the state attorney general said on Thursday.
Pregnant woman’s killer executed in Ohio by new two-drug method
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A man condemned for a rape and murder convulsed and appeared to struggle for breath during his execution in Ohio on Thursday after a two-drug lethal injection method was used for the first time in the United States, according to m…
U.S. Justice Department faults head of Philadelphia gun buyback effort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of a Philadelphia gun buyback program gave himself unauthorized pay raises and failed to hold down other expenses paid from federal grant money, the U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general said in a report on Thursda…
Beijing-bound flight returns to Newark airport after turbulence
(Reuters) – A United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Beijing, returned to the airport from which it had taken off on Thursday after encountering turbulence that led to five flight attendants being injured, an airport spokesman said.
De Blasio sitting pretty with New Yorkers, except on hansom cabs: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Yorkers are overwhelmingly optimistic about new mayor Bill de Blasio though most disagree with his plan to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park, a poll shows.
Married same-sex couples in Utah can file joint state taxes, commission says
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Same-sex couples married in Utah during a brief period when gay marriage was legal in the conservative, heavily Mormon state can jointly file their state taxes, the State Tax Commission said on Thursday.
