U.S. presidential candidate Trump praises 'stop-and-frisk' police tactic
By Emily FlitterCLEVELAND (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, in remarks at an African-American church on Wednesday, praised "stop-and-frisk" policing methods that have...
View ArticleU.S. cities push for local laws to oversee police surveillance
By Eric M. JohnsonSEATTLE (Reuters) - A number of U.S. cities are introducing proposals to mandate community oversight of police use of digital surveillance technology as evidence mounts that black or...
View ArticleCharlotte police chief says one person killed during protest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One person has died of a gunshot wound in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday during protests against the killing of a black man by police, the city's police chief...
View ArticleTop Stanford medical student killed in California mountain fall
By Dan WhitcombLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A "superstar" medical student at Stanford University was killed after plunging down a steep slope while climbing a nearly 14,000-foot (4,267-meter) California...
View ArticleState of Emergency Over Charlotte Protests
By Greg Lacour and Andy SullivanCHARLOTTE, N.C. (Rueters) - One person was shot and gravely wounded on Wednesday in a second night of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials said, as riot police...
View ArticleCalifornia firefighter killed heading to Vandenberg Air Force Base blaze
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A firefighter driving a water-tender truck was killed on Wednesday when the vehicle overturned en route to the scene of a 5-day-old blaze that has scorched a large swath of...
View ArticleMichigan man charged with killing 4 children murdered previous wife
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - A 49-year-old Michigan man was charged on Thursday with torturing his wife and murdering his two kids and two stepchildren, in a crime with parallels to a prior...
View ArticleSatanic Temple finds home at site of former Massachusetts witch trials
By Ted SieferSALEM, Mass. (Reuters) - The new international headquarters for the Satanic Temple, which says its mission is to promote separation of church and state not devil worship, opened to the...
View ArticleObama to veto September 11 lawsuit bill by Friday: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama intends to veto by Friday evening legislation allowing survivors and families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the White House...
View ArticlePlans for USS Marinette Official
UNDATED (WTAQ) - U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus confirmed Thursday that a future littoral combat ship will be named for Marinette.During an announcement, Mabus said that littoral combat ships 25 and 26...
View ArticleU.S. states' sluggish revenue dims outlook for financial year 2017 budgets:...
(Reuters) - Drooping U.S. state tax revenue in the first half of 2016 could put holes in the states' budgets for fiscal 2017, according to a report by the Rockefeller Institute of Government released...
View ArticleChicago mayor unveils crime-fighting plans amid wave of violence
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled an expanded student mentorship program on Thursday with the aim of keeping at-risk youth off the streets and away from gangs...
View ArticleImage purported to be Michelle Obama's passport posted online
By Dustin VolzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - An image purported to be a scanned copy of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama’s passport was leaked online on Thursday alongside personal emails said to belong to a...
View ArticleU.S., Canada aboriginal tribes form alliance to stop oil pipelines
By Rod NickelWINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Aboriginal tribes from Canada and the northern United States signed a treaty on Thursday to jointly fight proposals to build more pipelines to carry crude...
View ArticleCleveland settles 'I can’t breathe' wrongful death lawsuit with black man’s...
By Kim PalmerCLEVELAND (Reuters) - The family of a African-American man who died in 2010 after being tasered by Cleveland police will receive a $375,000 settlement from the city, the mayor’s office...
View ArticleTulsa officer charged with manslaughter for fatal shooting seen on video
By Lenzy Krehbiel-BurtonTULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - The white Tulsa police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man whose car had broken down and blocked a road was charged with first degree...
View ArticleChicago police officer pleads not guilty to civil rights charges
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago policeman who was indicted on federal civil rights charges after being captured on a dashboard camera firing into a car full of teenagers, wounding two of them, pleaded...
View ArticleExclusive: Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operative's 'mistake'
By Joseph Menn and John WalcottSAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. investigation into a leak of hacking tools used by the National Security Agency is focusing on a theory that one of its...
View ArticleKentucky Supreme Court blocks governor's college funding cuts
By Steve BittenbenderLOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Kentucky's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state's Republican governor does not have the authority to cut public universities' budgets.The 5-2...
View ArticleSeverely disabled Wisconsin girl who stopped treatments dies at 14
(Reuters) - A severely disabled Wisconsin girl who made headlines with her controversial decision to end the medical assistance and treatment that was keeping her alive died on Thursday at the age of...
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