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….
California woman who killed pimp as teen is free on parole
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California woman who served nearly two decades in prison for killing her pimp at age 16 was released on parole on Thursday, after becoming the face of a campaign to reform the treatment of young offenders.
Russian lawyer says Snowden to start website job
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has found a job working for a website in Russia, where he was granted asylum after fleeing the United States, a Russian lawyer helping him said on Thursday.
Obamacare website gets new tech experts; oversight pressure grows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration said it has brought in experts from top technology companies including Google Inc and Oracle Corp to fix the HealthCare.gov website, as Republicans press for details about the botched October 1 launch tha…
Phony plastic surgeon accused of using silicone for Botox
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) – An unlicensed plastic surgeon working along the U.S.-Mexico border allegedly injected her victims with silicone instead of the typical Botox or saline treatments, and may have caused one client to nearly lose her leg, a Texas…
U.S. to allow expanded electronic device use on flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Airline passengers will soon be able to use certain electronic devices throughout their entire flight after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ended a long-standing ban on Thursday.
