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.
U.S. judge rejects deal to end Detroit swap agreements
DETROIT (Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Thursday rejected a deal allowing Detroit to end costly interest-rate swap agreements with two investment banks, possibly further delaying when the city will submit to the court its plan to adjust its debt…
U.S. likely to widen ban on profiling of criminal suspects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice is likely to broaden a ban on investigators profiling criminal suspects by race to include religion, country of origin, gender and sexual orientation, a person familiar with an internal review said …
Gunman, two others dead in Indiana supermarket shooting
(Reuters) – Police on Thursday identified a gunman and the two women he killed Wednesday night at a northern Indiana supermarket but shed no light on the motive for the rampage that ended when police shot him dead.
