Four die in North Carolina medical helicopter crash: reports
(Reuters) – A medical helicopter crashed in eastern North Carolina on Friday, killing four people, police and local media said.
California university system sues Trump over roll back of ‘dreamers’ program
(Reuters) – A former top security official who helped put in place a program protecting people brought to the United States illegally as children, is suing the Trump White House as head of the University of California system over plans to roll back the…
Teen charged with firing shots at Ohio school, no one hurt
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Shots were fired on Friday at a Columbus, Ohio, school, prompting a brief lockdown before an 18-year-old student was calmed down by a staff member and arrested by police without injuring anyone, police said.
Maryland man pleads guilty to U.S. charges of aiding al Shabaab
(Reuters) – A Maryland man on Friday pleaded guilty to conspiring to support the Islamist militant group al Shabaab, admitting that he traveled to Somalia to receive military training from the group.
FBI probing Utah cop who arrested nurse for refusing to draw blood
(Reuters) – The FBI said on Friday it is examining whether federal laws were violated by a Utah police detective who is shown on video assaulting and arresting a nurse after she refused to allow taking a blood sample from an unconscious patient.
Thousands of Texas students displaced as schools assess storm damage
HOUSTON (Reuters) – More than 55 public school and charter districts in Texas remained closed on Friday, officials said, and tens of thousands of the state’s students must be relocated to unfamiliar schools this year after Hurricane Harvey damaged thei…
Two-thirds of American adults get news from social media: survey
(Reuters) – About two-thirds of American adults are getting “at least some of their news on social media” with two-in-ten doing so often, according to a Pew Research Center survey this week.
Ex-restaurateur linked to NYPD probe gets five years for Ponzi scheme
(Reuters) – A former Manhattan restaurant owner was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to running a $12 million Ponzi scheme, in a case linked to a federal corruption investigation of the New York Police Department.
Irma pummels Bahamas and Cuba on its track toward Florida
HAVANA (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma menaced Cuba and the Bahamas on Friday as it drove toward Florida after lashing the Caribbean with devastatingly high winds, killing 21 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.
Alleged shooter arrested at Ohio school, no injuries: police
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – At least one shot was fired on Friday at a Columbus, Ohio, school, prompting a brief lockdown before a suspect was calmed down by a staff member and arrested by police without injuring anyone, police said.
