Fundraising signals tough fight ahead in Texas governor’s race
DALLAS (Reuters) – The front-runners in the Texas governor’s race each raised about $12 million in the second half of 2013, signaling an election fight that will test whether immigration and other changes are shifting the staunchly Republican state to …
FBI to revisit fatal beating of California transient after police cleared
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The FBI plans to re-examine the beating death of a mentally ill California transient after a jury acquitted two ex-policemen of all charges in connection with the fatal confrontation, which touched off protests and political uph…
U.S. judge rules Oklahoma gay marriage ban unconstitutional
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A federal judge overturned Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage on Tuesday, the latest in a series of rulings by judges in federal and state courts to find that such exclusions violate the U.S. Constitution.
Five hospitalized after chemical device goes off at U.S. school
DENVER (Reuters) – Two boys were arrested late Tuesday in connection with a chemical reaction that caused a container to rupture at a Colorado charter school, sending four students and a teacher to hospital.
Republicans vote in special primary in bellwether Florida district
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – In a race watched as a potential bellwether for this year’s mid-term congressional elections, lobbyist David Jolly won a special Republican primary election on Tuesday in a key Florida swing district.
Silicon Valley workers may pursue collusion case as group: court
(Reuters) – Roughly 60,000 Silicon Valley workers won clearance to pursue a lawsuit accusing Apple Inc, Google Inc and other companies of conspiring to drive down pay by not poaching each other’s staff, after a federal appeals court refused to let the …
Man linked to N.Y. ‘cannibal cop’ case seen pleading guilty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Massachusetts hospital police official charged with conspiring to kidnap, torture and kill women as part of the so-called “cannibal cop” case is expected to plead guilty in New York this week, a court filing on Tuesday showed.
Woman rescued from Nevada motel after six months as captive: police
(Reuters) – A woman held captive for six months by a former boyfriend who threatened to kill her if she tried to escape was rescued from a Nevada motel after writing about her plight on Facebook, police said on Tuesday.
Car carrying L.A. mayor hits, injures pedestrian
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles police car carrying Mayor Eric Garcetti through the city’s downtown struck a pedestrian on Tuesday, a woman who was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries, officials said.
No charges filed in shooting death of North Carolina teen in police custody
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – No criminal charges will be filed in the case of a North Carolina teen who authorities say fatally shot himself in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser, an official said on Tuesday.
