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• Jurors advance death penalty case against Colorado movie gunman
• Sandra Bland had marijuana in her system: family attorney
• District of Columbia clears path to vote on $15 per hour minimum wage
• Kerry pushes back against critics of Iran deal
• Bill Clinton says Hillary once told him she'd never run for office
• Four adults, three teens shot across Baltimore in overnight gun violence: police
• Sheriff: Inmate told Texas jailer of prior suicide attempt
• Some public hospitals win, others lose with Obamacare
• New York moves to raise state minimum wage to $15 for fast-food workers
• Poll: Nearly half of United States has tried marijuana
• Federal charges including hate crimes for accused shooter

Jurors advance death penalty case against Colorado movie gunman Posted: 23 Jul 2015 12:43 PM PDT Jurors in the Colorado movie massacre trial found on Thursday the prosecution had proved aggravating factors that, the state has argued, make the 2012 rampage so heinous that the gunman, James Holmes, deserves be put to death. At around midday, the jury said the prosecution had proved at least one aggravating factor. The jurors will then deliberate on whether the mitigating factors outweigh the aggravating ones. If they vote that they do, the defendant gets an automatic life sentence.

Sandra Bland had marijuana in her system: family attorney Posted: 23 Jul 2015 09:46 AM PDT Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis made the disclosure in a text message to attorney Cannon Lambert, who has called the state's autopsy on the Chicago-area woman defective, Lambert said. "Looking at the autopsy results and toxicology, it appears she swallowed a large quantity of marijuana or smoked it in the jail," Mathis said in a text message to Lambert that the attorney disclosed to Reuters.

District of Columbia clears path to vote on $15 per hour minimum wage Posted: 23 Jul 2015 09:13 AM PDT The District of Columbia could raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by mid-2020 under a ballot initiative cleared this week, making it the latest U.S. city to consider raising base pay for hourly workers. Washington's elections board on Wednesday allowed backers to start a petition drive that could put the $15-an-hour minimum wage on the November 2016 ballot. If approved, the hike would raise Washington's minimum wage to above that of any other city on the East Coast.

Kerry pushes back against critics of Iran deal Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly challenged critics of the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran on Thursday, calling it "fantasy, plain and simple," to think the United States failed to hold out for a better deal at the bargaining table.

Bill Clinton says Hillary once told him she'd never run for office Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:40 AM PDT When Bill Clinton first proposed to Hillary, he told her, "I want you to marry me, but you shouldn't it." The future president told the future first lady-turned-senator-turned-secretary of state-turned-presidential candidate he wanted her to get into politics instead. "Oh my God," Hillary responded. "I'll never run for office. I'm too aggressive, and nobody will ever vote for me."

Four adults, three teens shot across Baltimore in overnight gun violence: police Posted: 23 Jul 2015 03:55 AM PDT The three teenagers, ages 13, 15 and 16, sustained non-life threatening gunshot wounds around 11 p.m. on Wednesday in East Baltimore, police said. Interim Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, who went to the crime scene, said the community had seen enough violence. "It is certainly unacceptable for this community to see three teenagers being shot on a beautiful summer night like this," he told the Baltimore Sun newspaper.

Sheriff: Inmate told Texas jailer of prior suicide attempt Posted: 23 Jul 2015 01:27 AM PDT Sandra Bland told a guard that she had tried to kill herself in the past, the county sheriff said.

Some public hospitals win, others lose with Obamacare Posted: 23 Jul 2015 12:03 AM PDT By Robin Respaut SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A year and a half after the Affordable Care Act brought widespread reforms to the U.S. healthcare system, Chicago's Cook County Health & Hospitals System has made its first profit in 180 years. Seven hundred miles south, the fortunes of Atlanta's primary public hospital, Grady Health System, haven't improved, and it remains as dependent as ever on philanthropy and county funding to stay afloat. In states like Illinois that have opted to accept federal money to expand Medicaid, some large, public hospitals are finding themselves on solid financial footing for the first time in decades, and formerly uninsured patients are now getting regular care.

New York moves to raise state minimum wage to $15 for fast-food workers Posted: 22 Jul 2015 05:37 PM PDT By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York moved on Wednesday to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour by the end of 2018 in New York City and by mid-2021 in the rest of the state. The New York Wage Board voted unanimously for the increase, which would cover some 180,000 workers statewide and affect fast-food chains with 30 locations or more in the United States. The three-member board was formed at the behest of Governor Andrew Cuomo in May after the state legislature turned down his proposals for minimum wage increases for most workers.

Poll: Nearly half of United States has tried marijuana Posted: 22 Jul 2015 02:04 PM PDT

Federal charges including hate crimes for accused shooter Posted: 22 Jul 2015 01:47 PM PDT The man accused of killing nine black church members last month in Charleston, South Carolina, was indicted Wednesday on 33 federal counts, including hate crimes, firearms violations and obstructing the practice of religion, which could include the death penalty.

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