White ex-South Carolina officer defends shooting of unarmed black man
(Reuters) – A white former South Carolina policeman testified in his murder trial on Tuesday that he felt fear before fatally shooting an unarmed black man last year in an incident that intensified debate about racial bias in law enforcement.
Ohio judge assigned case in police killing of black man after three others recuse themselves
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – The expected retrial of a white former University of Cincinnati police officer who killed a black motorist during a traffic stop last year hit a series of snags this week as three judges recused themselves before a fourth was ass…
Trump flag-burning tweet leads activists to burn some flags in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A small group of hard-left activists burned foot-long U.S. flags outside the Trump International Hotel in New York on Tuesday, in an angry response to a tweet by President-elect Donald Trump that flag-burners should face legal cons…
Nevada man pleads guilty to conspiracy for attacks in India
(Reuters) – A Nevada man who prosecutors say conspired to provide materials and support to co-conspirators to carry out terrorist attacks in India aimed at creating an independent Sikh state pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges.
Ohio State attacker may have self-radicalized, officials say
WASHINGTON/COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – A Somali immigrant who injured 11 people at Ohio State University in a vehicle and stabbing attack before he was shot dead may have followed the same path to self-radicalization as militants in a number of “lone wo…
New York pharmacy owner gets prison for massive opioid pill scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The owner of two now-defunct New York City pharmacies was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for engaging in what authorities have called one of the largest opioid painkiller diversion schemes ever uncovered in the city.
Callers for dollars: Inside India’s scam call centers
MUMBAI (Reuters) – In late September, a woman in National City, California, received a voice message on her phone saying she was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over “tax evasion or tax fraud”.
Great Smoky Mountains fires leave three dead, ‘scene of destruction’
(Reuters) – Local officials said on Tuesday that “the worst is over” for two small Tennessee resort towns in the Great Smoky Mountains where wildfires killed three people, destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes, forced thousands to flee and threatene…
North Carolina man pleads guilty to plotting Islamic State attack
(Reuters) – A 20-year-old North Carolina man accused of murdering his neighbor and offering to pay someone to kill his own parents pleaded guilty on Tuesday to plotting mass shooting attacks in the name of Islamic State.
Accused South Carolina church shooter, acting as own lawyer, helps pick jurors
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The man accused of killing nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, last year helped choose jurors on Tuesday for his federal death penalty trial after being allowed to serve as his own lawyer.
