Prosecutors delay decision on Minnesota cop who fatally shot Australian
(Reuters) – Minneapolis’ top prosecutor on Thursday said more investigation is needed before he decides whether or not to charge a police officer in the fatal shooting of an Australian woman in July that led to the police chief’s resignation.
Land of the freeze: arctic wave hits northern United States
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An arctic blast sent most of the U.S. Northeast and Midwest into a deep freeze that set record lows in several spots on Thursday as forecasters warned the frigid temperatures could last through the New Year holiday.
Rushing to pay taxes? New law spurs confused pre-payment push
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y./FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (Reuters) – Americans scrambling to prepay 2018 state and local taxes before year end may not get the federal deductions they hoped for, but that did not slow the rush on Thursday in some of the nation’s highest-t…
Illinois judge rejects lawsuit challenging abortion coverage expansion
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois law expanding state-funded coverage of abortions for low-income Medicaid recipients was set to go into effect next month after an Illinois judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by abortion opponents seeking to block it.
State governor approves local control plan for Philadelphia schools
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Public schools in Philadelphia, the 8th largest school district in the United States, will begin a return to local control on July 1 following approval this week by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and his Education Secretary….
New York to cross milestone in decades-long drop in murders
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York is on track to record fewer than 300 murders in 2017, a sharp drop from the previous year and a fresh milestone in a decades-long decline that began in the early 1990s, when the annual death toll in the city exceeded 2,000…
Van jumps Seattle sidewalk, hits pedestrians, at least 5 injured
(Reuters) – A van driver who apparently passed out jumped his vehicle onto a downtown Seattle sidewalk, hit pedestrians and crashed into a building on Thursday, injuring at least five people, police said.
US charges Romanians with hacking police cameras before Trump inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has charged two Romanian nationals, alleging that they hacked the Washington police department’s surveillance cameras days before U.S. President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, the Department of Justice sai…
Four people taken to hospital after van jumps Seattle sidewalk
(Reuters) – Four people were taken to a hospital after a van jumped a downtown Seattle sidewalk and crashed into a building on Thursday, the Seattle Fire Department said on its Twitter feed.
U.S. charges two Romanians over alleged hacking of Washington police cameras
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has charged two Romanian nationals for allegedly hacking the Washington police department’s surveillance cameras as part of a ransomware scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursday.
