North Carolina ‘active shooter’ was faulty water heater: local media
Reports of an “active shooter” situation at a North Carolina high school on Friday was a false alarm caused by a faulty water heater that sounded like machine gun fire, local media reported.
Before he is ousted, Sessions limits U.S. oversight of local police
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to sharply curtail federal authority aimed at curtailing abuse and civil rights violations at local police departments across the country by directing U.S. attorneys to limit the use of consent decrees and settl…
Three fast-moving California blazes cause thousands to flee
Three fast-moving wildfires burned in California on Friday morning, including one that spurred the evacuation of 75,000 homes near a city that was still reeling from a mass shooting.
Law enforcement responding to active shooter situation at North Carolina school: local media
Law enforcement was responding on Friday to active shooter situation at a high school in North Carolina, local media reported.
FBI hopes to learn what drove ex-Marine to kill 12 in California bar
The FBI is hoping to build a clear profile of a former U.S. Marine combat veteran who killed 12 people in a crowded Los Angeles area bar to discover a motive for the latest shooting massacre in the United States.
Supreme Court justice Ginsburg ‘up and working’ after fall
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is already up and working in her hospital room, a day after breaking three ribs in a fall, her nephew said late on Thursday at the Hollywood premiere of a film about her life.
Justice Ginsburg ‘up and working’ after breaking ribs, nephew says
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is “up and working” and making jokes after being hospitalized with rib fractures, her nephew said on Thursday at the premiere of a new movie about her early career fighting for women’s equality.
Northern California wildfire leaves town in ruins, thousands flee
A fast-moving wildfire advanced to the outskirts of the Northern California city of Chico early on Friday, forcing thousands to flee after it left the nearby town of Paradise in ruins.
U.S. regulators snip red tape for medical devices to curb opioid crisis
Laura Perryman expected her medical company, Stimwave Technologies Inc, would have to wait several years for its painkilling device to win U.S. approval as a treatment for chronic migraines.
U.S. to restrict e-cigarette flavors to fight teenage vaping ‘epidemic’
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration next week will issue a ban on the sale of fruit and candy flavored electronic cigarettes in convenience stores and gas stations, an agency official said, in a move to counter a surge in teenage use of e-cigarettes….
