Ex-cop in Cincinnati shooting not dragged by car: prosecution expert
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – A former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murdering a black Ohio man during a traffic stop was not dragged or in danger of being run over, a prosecution witness testified on Thursday, contradicting the officer…
Philadelphia transit agency may try to halt strike on Election Day
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Philadelphia public transit officials may ask a federal judge as soon as Friday to force striking workers to return to their jobs on Election Day if a deal is not in place by then, an agency spokesman said on Thursday.
South Carolina cop staged scene after shooting black man: prosecutor
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina prosecutor accused a white former police officer on Thursday of staging a crime scene where he had just shot dead an unarmed black motorist, by moving a Taser closer to the handcuffed dead body so he could …
Missing South Carolina woman found alive, chained in storage container
(Reuters) – A registered sex offender was arrested on Thursday in South Carolina after a woman reported missing, along with her live-in boyfriend, in late August was found “chained like a dog” in a storage container, local media reported.
Cubs win World Series for first time since 1908
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The Chicago Cubs shed themselves of the “Curse of the Billy Goat” and ended a 108-year wait for a World Series title by beating the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday in a thrilling Game Seven classic.
Judge refuses to block New York ‘ballot selfie’ law
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday refused to block enforcement of a New York state law barring voters from taking photographs of their marked ballots so that they could post them on social media websites.
Baltimore man ordered to pay $1 million for cutting fire hose in riot
(Reuters) – A Baltimore man was sentenced on Thursday to pay $1 million in restitution for puncturing a fire hose at a burning drugstore during rioting last year, federal authorities said.
Cubs’ historic championship draws more than 40 million U.S. viewers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Chicago Cubs’ World Series victory on Wednesday night not only ended the team’s historic 108-year championship drought but attracted the biggest U.S. television audience for baseball in 25 years.
Iowa man charged with murder for ambush shooting of two police officers
(Reuters) – An Iowa man who had several run-ins with police and was banned from his daughter’s high school after waving a Confederate flag was charged with murder on Thursday for the ambush-style slaying of two police officers.
Pianist’s estranged wife not fit to stand trial for Texas murder: lawyer
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The estranged wife of Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko has been declared unfit to stand trial on charges of murdering her two daughters at her Texas home and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment, her lawyer said on Thurs…
