Jury condemns Dylann Roof to death for South Carolina church massacre
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – White supremacist Dylann Roof deserves to die for the hate-fueled killings of nine black churchgoers at a Bible study meeting in a Charleston, South Carolina, a U.S. jury said on Tuesday after deliberating for less than thr…
Enbridge may face tough legal battle to keep 60-year-old pipeline running
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc may be set for a bruising legal battle in Wisconsin after a Native American tribe voted against renewing land use agreements on a major crude oil pipeline, potentially shutting down a conduit that has been in o…
In fight between casino moguls, a spotlight on the FBI
(Reuters) – In April 2015, a sworn statement submitted in a Nevada lawsuit between rival casino moguls Steve Wynn and Japan’s Kazuo Okada contained an unusual assertion. Its author said Wynn’s head of security had asked to meet him in Japan and then pe…
Textron recalls 1,100 off-road utility vehicles to fix seat belts
(Reuters) – Textron Inc is voluntarily recalling about 1,100 Bad Boy off-road utility vehicles to install seat belts to prevent occupants being injured or killed in an accident, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Wednesday.
U.S. Border Patrol recruits: wild horses, tamed by prisoners
FLORENCE, Arizona (Reuters) – Long before the desert sun has had a chance to heat the dusty prison yard, some 20 inmates at an Arizona state prison begin quietly tending horses.
Blizzard conditions, floods sweep parts of California, Nevada
(Reuters) – An atmospheric river of moisture swept parts of California and Nevada on Tuesday with another bout of heavy rains and snow, swelling streams to flood stage and piling up wind-blown snow drifts several feet high in the mountains.
U.S. police say black killings, protests raised tensions: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three quarters of American police officers said their interactions with black people have become more tense following police killings of unarmed black men and waves of protests that followed, according to a survey published on Wedn…
Tennessee woman jailed over abortion attempt freed after a year
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A Tennessee woman initially accused of attempted murder for unsuccessfully using a coat hanger to try to abort a 24-week-old fetus has been released after spending more than a year in jail, law enforcement officials said Tu…
California police officer not charged in shooting of unarmed black man
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A police officer was legally justified in shooting dead an unarmed black man in El Cajon, California, in September, and will not be charged criminally, the county’s top prosecutor said on Tuesday.
First of 37 defendants in Baruch College fatal hazing case pleads guilty
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The first of 37 defendants in a 2013 fraternity hazing death of a Baruch College student in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains to go on trial pleaded guilty Tuesday in Monroe County Court of Common Pleas in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
