Former Virginia police officer pleads guilty to 2013 shooting
By Marcus E. Howard(Reuters) - A former Virginia police officer pleaded guilty on Monday to involuntary manslaughter for shooting an unarmed man in a Washington suburb in August 2013, his attorney...
View ArticleAP, Reuters, New York Times among 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners
By Daniel Trotta and Frank McGurtyNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting on abuse in the seafood industry that helped free 2,000 slave...
View ArticleU.S. manhunt under way for brothers in Washington state murders
By Eric M. JohnsonSEATTLE (Reuters) - A nationwide manhunt for "armed and dangerous" brothers suspected in the presumed murder of a married couple who lived next door to one of the men in rural...
View ArticleExclusive: Target increases minimum wage to $10 an hour - sources
By Nandita BoseCHICAGO (Reuters) - Discount retailer Target Corp has started raising employee wages to a minimum of $10 an hour, its second hike in a year, pressured by a competitive job market and...
View ArticleN.Y. man charged with bribing police as corruption probe continues
By Joseph Ax and Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A member of a volunteer safety patrol in an Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn was charged on Monday with trying to bribe police officers to obtain...
View ArticleDebt payments sinking Detroit Public Schools: transition manager
(Reuters) - Nearly $64 million in debt payments are sinking the Detroit Public Schools (DPS), underscoring the need for a long-term state legislative fix, according to a report released on Monday by...
View ArticleMichigan governor to drink Flint water in show of safety over lead crisis
DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, under pressure to resign over the state's poor handling of a lead water crisis in Flint, promised on Monday that he will drink filtered tap water from...
View ArticleCalPERS to study possible reinvestment in tobacco
By Robin RespautSACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System decided on Monday to review the potential impact of reinvesting in tobacco, 16 years after the pension...
View ArticleOregon defense firm chief pleads guilty to $171 million conspiracy
By Eric M. JohnsonSEATTLE (Reuters) - The owner of an Oregon-based defense firm pleaded guilty on Monday to plying a U.S. official with cash, meals in Vietnam and Costa Rica, and an Alaska fishing trip...
View ArticleBackhoe in Philadelphia Amtrak accident had right to be on track: report
By Marcus E. HowardNEW YORK (Reuters) - The backhoe operator involved in a fatal Amtrak passenger train collision near Philadelphia this month had a right to drive the vehicle on the tracks...
View ArticleHouston deluged, five reported dead in Texas floods
By Kristen HaysHOUSTON (Reuters) - Torrential rainfall totaling 18 inches (46 cm) pummeled Houston on Monday, causing floods that were believed responsible for five deaths and that snarled transport...
View ArticleU.S. top court appears unlikely to revive Obama immigration plan
WASHINGTON | BY LAWRENCE HURLEY President Barack Obama's bid to save his plan to spare millions of immigrants in the country illegally from deportation and give them work permits ran into trouble on...
View ArticleCalifornia governor, agencies face legal claims in gas blowout
By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of Los Angeles homeowners who live near the site of the worst U.S. methane leak have filed claims against state regulators and the governor, seeking $3.5...
View ArticleBlack women's book club settles lawsuit with California wine train company
By Brendan O'Brien(Reuters) - Eleven women have reached a settlement with a California wine train company they sued for $11 million for racial discrimination after they were kicked off the train for...
View ArticleRainbow-colored nooses removed from tree on Tennessee campus
By Brendan O'Brien(Reuters) - Police at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee have removed six rainbow colored nooses - widely seen as a symbol of racial hatred - hanging from a tree on campus, the...
View ArticleProsecutors turn fire on New York prison's culture of violence
By Joseph Ax and Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - The guards, authorities say, wanted to send a message."Somebody's leaving in an ambulance tonight," Eliseo Perez, an assistant chief for security at...
View ArticleN.Y. officer faces sentencing in fatal shooting of black man
By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - A former New York City police officer convicted of manslaughter in the shooting of an unarmed black man in an unlit stairwell is due to be sentenced on Tuesday, after...
View ArticleConvoy of U.S. ambassador to U.N. hits and kills boy in Cameroon
DAKAR (Reuters) - A vehicle in the motorcade of the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations struck and killed a young boy in Cameroon on Monday during a visit to the Lake Chad region where countries have...
View ArticlePolaris to recall 133,000 recreational off-highway vehicles
(Reuters) - All-terrain vehicle maker Polaris Industries Inc will recall about 133,000 recreational off-highway vehicles due to a fire risk. The recall involves RZR 900 and RZR 1000 recreational...
View ArticleClinton aides traveling to Puerto Rico for Zika meetings
By Amanda BeckerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is dispatching two top aides to Puerto Rico this weekend for a fact-finding trip to learn more about the...
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