NY’s Barclays Center box holders claim shabby treatment due to race
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A group of Barclays Center luxury box holders sued the giant events center in Brooklyn on Thursday, claiming they have been treated badly because they are black.
Pentagon chief criticizes states over ID cards for same-sex couples
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel criticized nine U.S. states on Thursday for refusing to issue identity cards to same-sex spouses and said he expected the adjutants general for the state militias to comply with lawful directions and…
California man agrees to plead guilty to extortion of Miss Teen USA
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 19-year-old California man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he hacked into the webcams of Miss Teen USA and other young women to take nude pictures in an extortion scheme, court papers revealed on Thursday.
Bikini-clad baristas arrested for serving more than coffee
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Two female workers at a bikini-themed coffee stand near Seattle have been charged with providing customers nude, striptease-style dances in full view of passersby, authorities said on Thursday.
Storms spook some U.S. cities into postponing Halloween fun
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Forecasts for heavy rain and strong winds spooked dozens of U.S. cities and towns into postponing Halloween trick-or-treating on Thursday as a storm system that flooded parts of Texas, killing at least one person, churn…
U.S.-Mexico drug-smuggling rail tunnel is closed
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Authorities have shut down a tunnel equipped with electricity, ventilation and rail system for smuggling drugs between a San Diego industrial park and Tijuana, Mexico, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
Bankrupt Alabama county gets $300 million more
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – Alabama’s bankrupt Jefferson County on Thursday approved a reworked settlement plan for its landmark $4.2 billion municipal bankruptcy that increases already stiff losses for Wall Street creditors by $300 million.
Court halts NYC stop-and-frisk ruling, removes judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court froze court-ordered reforms to the New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk program and removed the judge who found the police tactic unconstitutional because she “ran afoul” of the judici…
Hawaii Senate passes bill to legalize gay marriage
HONOLULU (Reuters) – Hawaii’s state Senate approved legislation on Wednesday to legalize same-sex marriage in a state long popular as a wedding and honeymoon destination, voting overwhelmingly to overturn a ban on gay matrimony.
German MP meets Snowden, says he is willing to come to Germany for inquiry
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German lawmaker said he met Edward Snowden in Moscow on Thursday and the fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor was willing to come to Germany to assist investigations into alleged U.S. surveillance of Chancellor Angela Merkel….
