U.S. imprisonment rate falls to lowest since 1997: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. prison population fell the most in almost four decades to 1.53 million inmates in 2015, resulting in the lowest rate of incarceration in a generation, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.
Exclusive: CDC considers lowering threshold level for lead exposure
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering lowering its threshold for elevated childhood blood lead levels by 30 percent, a shift that could help health practitioners identify more children afflicted by the …
Iowa university student killed in weightlifting accident
(Reuters) – A 22-year-old college student in Iowa died this week when 315 pounds (143 kg) in weight slipped from his hands while he was doing bench-presses and fell on his neck, local media reports said on Thursday.
Woman killed, daughters hurt in fall from Colorado ski lift
(Reuters) – A Texas woman was killed on Thursday and her two young daughters hurt when they fell from a chair lift at a Colorado ski resort, authorities said.
DUI conviction overturned for Oregon man who hit truck with wheelchair
(Reuters) – An Oregon appeals court has reversed the conviction of a man charged with drunk driving for operating his motorized wheelchair while intoxicated.
Retrial date set for March in police shooting of black man in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A former South Carolina policeman charged with murder for fatally shooting a black man last year as he ran away from the officer will be retried starting on March 1, according to a court notice released on ThursdayMichael S…
U.S. law enforcement line-of-duty deaths hit five-year high in 2016
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Law enforcement fatalities hit a five-year high in 2016 with 135 officers killed in the line of duty, including eight killed in ambush attacks in Dallas and Louisiana in July that raised nationwide concerns, a study released o…
Buffalo, New York school board seeks to oust member for racist jabs at Obama
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A western New York builder and former Republican nominee for governor was censured on Thursday by fellow members of the Buffalo Board of Education and asked to resign his seat for making racial slurs about President Barack Obama an…
California taps climate change attorney to be acting legal chief
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A lawyer with deep experience fighting climate change will lead California’s Department of Justice until the next attorney general takes office, as the state and several others vow to combat global warming despite skepticism f…
Tennessee patrolman, called to domestic trouble, fatally shoots man
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Tennessee authorities opened an investigation on Thursday into the slaying of a 28-year-old man by a police officer responding to a report of domestic disturbance near Nashville, a state law enforcement official said.
