Connecticut police seek evidence tying ex-NFL star to 2012 slayings: reports
BOSTON (Reuters) – Connecticut police have searched a car looking for evidence that could link ex-National Football League star Aaron Hernandez, who is awaiting trial on a 2013 murder, with an unsolved 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston, local media repo…
Florida medical marijuana campaign says it has signatures for ballot
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – Supporters of a medical marijuana constitutional amendment in Florida say they have collected enough voter signatures to put their proposal on the November ballot, joining a growing list of states revisiting drug laws.
Christie takes scandal damage test with election fundraising
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first real test of the damage to Chris Christie’s chances of being the Republican nominee for president in 2016 from the “Bridgegate” scandal could come during the next few days.
Canada loses patience on Keystone XL, tells U.S. to decide
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada bluntly told the United States on Thursday to settle the fate of TransCanada Corp’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, saying the drawn-out process on whether to approve the northern leg of the project was taking too long.
Soldier killed after helicopter makes hard landing near Savannah
ATLANTA (Reuters) – One U.S. soldier was killed and two were injured when a Black Hawk helicopter made a “hard landing” on Wednesday night during a training flight at Hunter Army Airfield near Savannah, Georgia, the Army said on Thursday.
Plea doesn’t bar wrongfully convicted man’s suit against New York City : court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man whose 1998 murder conviction was overturned can sue New York City for violating his constitutional rights even though he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the crime, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.
Gunman, two others dead in Indiana supermarket shooting
(Reuters) – A 22-year-old man was identified by police on Thursday as the gunman who killed a shopper and an employee at an Indiana supermarket before police shot him dead.
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 municipal boundaries despite a voter-approved state law legalizing recreational pot, the state attorney general said on Thursd…
Insight: Battle over police pensions in U.S. cities takes ugly turn
(Reuters) – A drive by some American cities to cut costly police retirement benefits has led to an extraordinary face-off between local politicians and the law enforcement officers who work for them.
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…
