Judge rules Chicago ban on gun sales is unconstitutional
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago ban on gun sales within the city, aimed at reducing gun violence, is unconstitutional because it goes too far in barring legal buyers and dealers from engaging in lawful purchases and sales, a federal judge ruled on Monday…
Florida marijuana ballot petition nears goal, activists say
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – Organizers of a Florida campaign for medical use of marijuana say they expect to submit enough voter signatures this week to get the issue on ballots in time for the November election, adding further momentum to a national campa…
Google, other big companies to pay to use San Francisco bus stops
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc and other big technology companies that rely on private commuter buses to ferry workers around will now pay the city of San Francisco fees to use city bus stops, the city announced at a news conference on Monday.
Polar freeze grips United States, disrupting travel, business
CHICAGO/CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) – A blast of Arctic air gripped the vast middle of the United States on Monday with the coldest temperatures in two decades causing at least four deaths, forcing businesses and schools to close and canceling thousands …
Detroit emergency manager opts to delay pension freeze
(Reuters) – Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr on Monday delayed a move to freeze the pension fund for some of the city’s workers just hours after the order became public, saying a delay would allow for mediation with the city’s retirement funds to pl…
U.S. senator’s plane makes emergency landing, all safe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A United Airlines flight carrying U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham was forced to make an emergency landing at a South Carolina airport on Monday shortly after taking off on a flight to Washington, but all the passengers were safe.
U.S. militia members on trial in Georgia for anti-government ricin plot
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of two alleged domestic militia members charged with conspiring to produce ricin, the biological toxin.
Student convicted in Steubenville, Ohio rape released from detention
(Reuters) – One of two high school football players convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl at a 2012 party in Steubenville, Ohio, in a case that drew national attention, has been released from juvenile detention, his lawyer said.
New York’s Cuomo pushes $2 billion tax cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday he would back proposals to cut taxes in the state by $2 billion over the next three years.
Man charged with arson at Chinese consulate in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Monday charged a 39-year-old man with arson in connection with a fire at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on New Year’s day, after deciding not to treat the incident as an act of terrorism.
