Dallas removes Robert E. Lee’s statue from city park
DALLAS (Reuters) – Workers in Dallas removed a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a park on Thursday, with police on hand to provide protection after the mayor said the monument was a symbol of injustice and the city council voted to brin…
Facebook-backed group to help fund ‘Dreamer’ application fees
(Reuters) – FWD.us, a pro-immigration group co-founded by Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, is raising funds to help undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children reapply for a program that shields them from deportation.
Student accused in Washington school shooting blamed ‘bullying’
SPOKANE, Wash. (Reuters) – The teenager accused of opening fire at his Washington state high school, killing a student, told police he took the firearms from his father’s gun safe and wanted to teach his classmates a lesson about “bullying,” court pape…
Army soldier killed, seven injured in training in North Carolina
(Reuters) – A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier was killed and seven other service members were injured during a training exercise on Thursday at the U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the military said.
For first time, NYPD releases body-camera video of fatal shooting
(Reuters) – The New York Police Department on Thursday for the first time made public body-camera video showing a fatal shooting involving some of its officers, a release that the patrolmen’s union criticized as jeopardizing officers’ due process right…
Police obtain search warrant in probe of eight nursing home deaths
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) – Police obtained a search warrant on Thursday in their criminal investigation of the deaths of eight elderly patients exposed to sweltering heat inside a Miami-area nursing home left with little or no air conditioning after …
Verdict seen Friday in murder trial of ex-St. Louis police officer
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – A Missouri judge on Friday is expected to release his verdict in the case of a former St. Louis police officer charged with murder in the 2011 shooting death of a black man after a car chase, according to law enforcement sources.
Verdict seen Friday in murder trial of St. Louis police officer
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – A Missouri judge on Friday is expected to release his verdict in the case of a former St. Louis police officer charged with murder in the 2011 shooting death of a black man after a car chase, according to law enforcement sources.
U.S. judge presses Trump administration on Dreamer deadlines
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday repeatedly pressed the Trump administration to extend an October deadline for some immigrants to reapply for a program that shielded children brought to the United States illegally by their parents from dep…
Trump says immigration deal with Democrats close, without border wall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was close to a deal with Democratic congressional leaders on protections for illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children, astounding fellow Republicans again while alarmi…
