Las Vegas gunman’s estate could offer rare redress for victims
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Victims of mass shootings in the United States often win little or no damages from perpetrators but the Las Vegas massacre may be different because the shooter is thought to have been a wealthy man, lawyers said.
Chicago Aviation Dept fires two officers involved in dragging man off flight
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago Department of Aviation has fired two security officers for their roles in the forcible removal of a passenger on a United Airlines flight in April, an incident that provoked international outrage.
White man charged with hate crime in black Army officer’s murder in Maryland
(Reuters) – A white man was indicted on a hate crime charge on Tuesday in the stabbing death of a newly commissioned black U.S. Army officer on the University of Maryland campus in May, a county prosecutor said.
CIA says mistakenly ‘shredded’ Senate torture report then did not
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Central Intelligence Agency thought for months that it had mistakenly shredded a massive U.S. Senate report on its use of waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation techniques” before suddenly discovering that its copy h…
Search on for dozens missing in California wildfires as evacuees return home
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Reuters) – Search-and-rescue teams in Northern California combed through the debris of burned-out houses on Tuesday for dozens of people still missing in the state’s deadliest wildfires, which have killed at least 41 people and dest…
Louisiana prosecutor creates ‘culture of fear’ for witnesses: lawsuit
(Reuters) – New Orleans prosecutors used forged subpoenas, false evidence and the threat of jail to create “a culture of fear” to compel crime victims and witnesses to cooperate with investigators, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
NFL meeting kicks off in New York as protesters kneel outside
NEW YORK (Reuters) – National Football League officials weighed the fervor of players protesting racism against U.S. President Donald Trump’s anger as their two-day autumn meeting began on Tuesday with supporters of the players kneeling outside in soli…
Lockdown lifted at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police lifted a lockdown at Howard University in the U.S. capital on Tuesday after finding no sign of a reported gunman on the campus, authorities said.
New York police round up wandering cow in Brooklyn park
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police wrangled a cow on the loose in a Brooklyn park on Tuesday after the animal became a spectacle for tourists and New Yorkers alike when it was spotted roaming the streets and enjoying the park facilities.
U.S. appeals court rejects hedge fund founder’s FBI misconduct case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by hedge fund founder David Ganek, who claimed federal authorities lied to get a search warrant against his fund in an insider trading investigation.
