Women knit pink ‘pussyhats’ for rally after Trump inauguration
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Cleveland officers to face administrative charges in shooting of black boy
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Three police officers involved in the fatal 2014 shooting of a 12-year-old African-American Ohio boy who was playing with a pellet gun will face internal discipline for their actions, officials in Cleveland said Friday.
Man arrested in slaying of Saudi college student in Wisconsin
(Reuters) – A suspect has been arrested, police said on Friday, in the slaying of a University of Wisconsin student from Saudi Arabia who was reported to have been fatally beaten outside a pizzeria in the college town of Menomonie in late October.
Chicago police routinely violated civil rights: U.S. Justice Department
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago police routinely violated the civil rights of people in one of America’s largest cities, the U.S. Justice Department said in a report released on Friday, citing excessive force, racially discriminatory conduct and a “code of…
One dead as ice storm targets central United States
(Reuters) – A winter storm bringing icy rain to the Great Plains and Midwest claimed the life of a Missouri woman on Friday, prompted the delay of an NFL football game and threatened power outages and treacherous conditions throughout the weekend.
Chicago schools order unpaid days off after governor’s funding veto
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago’s cash-strapped public school system ordered its teachers and administrators on Friday to take four unpaid days off to offset state funding withheld by Illinois’ Republican governor.
Hundreds of cats quarantined in New York City bird flu outbreak
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of domestic cats have been quarantined in New York City after contracting a strain of highly contagious avian flu at shelters operated by a major animal rescue organization, and the virus also infected at least one veterin…
Baby kidnapped from Florida hospital found safe 18 years later
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A woman who was taken as a baby from a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1998 has been found safe, Florida authorities said on Friday, and the South Carolina woman she believed to be her mother has been arrested for kidnappi…
Trump speaks with entertainer Steve Harvey about helping U.S. cities
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump and Housing Secretary-designate Ben Carson spoke with entertainer and talk show host Steve Harvey on Friday to discuss an effort by the incoming administration to seek positive changes in U.S. inner cit…
U.S. House takes first step toward Obamacare repeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a measure making the first move toward scrapping Obamacare, joining the Senate in instructing key committees to write legislation repealing the health insurance …
