Obama faces smattering of protests on Hawaiian vacation
KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) – The serenity of President Barack Obama’s Hawaiian vacation was rattled a little on Saturday when demonstrators aired grievances against unmanned aircraft and other issues in a small protest zone near the first family’s upscal…
Times Square visitors purge bad memories ahead of the New Year
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hoping to forget the heart-breaks and hard memories of 2013, people lined up in New York’s Times Square on Saturday to discard physical reminders of unpleasant experiences with the help of industrial shredding machines.
Killer of Mississippi policeman may have robbed Georgia bank: FBI
(Reuters) – A bank robbery suspect who shot two police officers in Mississippi, killing one, has been linked to another attempted robbery two states away in Georgia, the FBI said on Saturday.
First state-licensed marijuana retailers to open January 1 in Colorado
DENVER (Reuters) – The world’s first state-licensed marijuana retailers, catering to Colorado’s newly legal recreational market for pot, are stocking their shelves ahead of a New Year’s grand opening that supporters and detractors alike see as a turnin…
NYPD’s Ray Kelly oversaw transformative era in NY policing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In the final weeks of New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly’s 12-year tenure, the spotlight has been focused on the city’s falling crime rate and the NYPD’s aggressive use of policing tactics like stop-and-frisk.
Connecticut police release Newtown massacre documents
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut state police released a trove of documents and video on Friday tied to their investigation of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year that killed 20 children and six adults.
Washington state judge excludes airport from SeaTac’s $15 minimum wage
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – The voter-approved law establishing a $15 minimum hourly wage for travel and hospitality workers in a Seattle suburb encompassing the region’s main international airport does not apply to workers at the airport, a judge …
U.S. judge won’t block Idaho wolf, coyote-killing competition
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday denied a request by conservation groups to block a weekend hunting competition in Idaho that targets wolves and coyotes and has been condemned by wildlife advocates as an inhumane “killing contest.”
Relatives seek extended care for brain-dead California girl
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Relatives of a California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy want her moved to a long-term care facility, but face resistance from the hospital where she is due to be disconnected from a breathin…
Four killed, three wounded in Louisiana crime spree
(Reuters) – A Louisiana man is suspected of killing his wife, ex-mother-in-law and a former employer before turning a shotgun on himself and committing suicide at four locations outside of New Orleans, police said on Friday.
