Colorado Supreme Court voids two city voter-approved fracking bans
By David Bailey(Reuters) - Colorado's Supreme Court on Monday struck down voter-approved bans on fracking and the storage of fracking waste within the cities of Fort Collins and Longmont, ruling they...
View ArticleFBI searching Connecticut home of man tied to Boston art heist
By Scott MaloneBOSTON (Reuters) - Federal agents on Monday searched the Connecticut home of an accused mobster who investigators have long suspected knows the whereabouts of masterpieces stolen from a...
View ArticleChange of venue granted in trial over Georgia child's car death
By Rich McKayATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia judge granted a change of venue Monday in the murder trial of a man accused of intentionally leaving his toddler son in a hot car for seven hours while he...
View ArticleChicago woman sues Starbucks for putting too much ice in drinks
By Justin MaddenCHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago woman has sued Starbucks Corp in federal court, claiming the world's largest coffee chain puts too much ice in chilled drinks, and is seeking $5...
View ArticleSouth Dakota farmers seek farm payment fairness
Undated (KELO-AM) The South Dakota Farmers Union is concerned about the wide disparities in the size of farm payment checks that producers are getting from the U.S. Department of Agriculture."I just...
View ArticleTexas 'Santa' pleads guilty to child pornography charges
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas man who moonlighted as a Santa Claus during the holiday season and was arrested on Christmas Eve pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to charges including...
View ArticleL.A. Sheriff's official resigns over offensive emails
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A high-ranking Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department official has stepped down over emails he sent that mocked Muslims, blacks, Latinos, overweight people and others while in...
View ArticleDetroit teachers expected back in class after pay assurances: union
By Suzannah Gonzales and Karen Pierog(Reuters) - Detroit school teachers were expected to return to their classrooms on Wednesday following a two-day "sick-out" over paycheck concerns after receiving...
View ArticleSix funerals held after Ohio family massacre
By Kyle GrillotWEST PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Reuters) - More than a week after eight family members were found shot to death at four separate homes in rural Ohio's Appalachian foothills, funerals for six of...
View ArticleU.S. prosecutors consider more charges against ex-CEO Shkreli
By David Ingram(Reuters) - Former drug executive Martin Shkreli, who last year became a lightning rod for outrage over soaring prescription drug prices, may face additional U.S. charges of securities...
View ArticleU.S. families struggling with teens' phone addiction: report
By Susan HeaveyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half of teenagers in the United States feel addicted to their mobile phones, with most checking the devices at least every hour and feeling pressured to respond...
View ArticleMan hijacks Washington bus, kills pedestrian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man hijacked a Washington D.C. bus on Tuesday and drove it into a gas station, killing a pedestrian in an incident that was over in less than three minutes, police said.The bus...
View ArticleObama to meet with Flint, Michigan residents on water crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with 1,000 residents of Flint, Michigan, at a roundtable discussion about the city's water crisis during his visit to the Detroit suburb on...
View ArticleWashington's 2015 subway fire showed widespread safety lapses: agency
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Washington subway fire last year that killed a passenger and injured 91 people showed widespread shortcomings by the U.S. capital's troubled transit system and...
View ArticleA McCartney night to remember in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) Beatles legend Paul McCartney not only entertained the capacity crowd at the Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls Monday night, he also charmed them.A collective sigh of...
View ArticleU.S. charges nine with $131 million ForceField Energy fraud
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged nine people with defrauding investors into buying the now essentially worthless stock of LED lighting provider ForceField...
View ArticleGirl kidnapped on New Mexico Navajo Reservation found dead
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - An 11-year-old girl kidnapped from the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico was found dead on Tuesday and the man suspected of abducting her was still at large, an FBI...
View ArticleBill allowing guns on Tennessee campuses becomes law
By Tim GhianniNASHVILLE (Reuters) - Educators and other full-time staffers at Tennessee's public state universities and colleges will soon be able to carry handguns on campus after Governor Bill Haslam...
View ArticleConnecticut rabbi, former police commissioner accused of child sex abuse
By Marcus E. HowardNEW YORK (Reuters) - A former police commissioner in New Haven, Connecticut, who became a rabbi is accused of sexually abusing a teenager in his care from 2001 to 2005, according to...
View ArticleChicago schools to allow transgender students to choose facilities
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago's public school system said on Tuesday it would allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identities.The move by the...
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