Ex-cop’s lawyer insists Cincinnati college shooting was self defense
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Opening arguments in the trial of a former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murdering a black Ohio man during a traffic stop focused Tuesday on whether the victim tried to flee from police, putting the officer…
U.S. top court skeptical toward State Farm hurricane fraud appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance company defrauded the U.S. government when it assessed damage caused by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf of Me…
U.S. issues travel advisory for India amid fears of Islamic State attacks
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in New Delhi issued a security message to American citizens in India on Tuesday to be vigilant following reports that Islamic State may be planning to attack targets there.
R.J. Reynolds loses bid to end TV anti-smoking ad requirement
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected R.J. Reynolds’ bid to void a decade-old order requiring tobacco companies to televise “corrective” advertisements about the dangers of smoking.
Public transit workers in Philadelphia go on strike as contract expires
(Reuters) – Public transportation workers in Philadelphia went on strike at midnight on Monday after they were unable to reach a contract agreement with the transit system that provides almost one million rides a day in and around the fifth largest U.S…
Two children killed when truck hits Halloween hayride in Mississippi: media
(Reuters) – Two children and an adult were killed and seven people injured on Monday when a truck hit the Halloween hayride carrying them in a small Mississippi town, NBC news reported.
Admitted murderer to face death penalty trial in Massachusetts
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man who admitted to murdering three people in a weeklong 2001 rampage in two states is due back in court on Tuesday, where federal prosecutors plan to try a second time to have him executed for his crimes.
Telescope group chooses Canary Islands as alternative to Hawaii
(Reuters) – The team behind a project to build one of the world’s largest telescopes said on Monday it has chosen Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean as a possible alternative to Hawaii.
Tippi Hedren accuses Hitchcock of sexual harassment in memoir
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Tippi Hedren graphically chronicles in a new memoir incidents in which she says she was sexually assaulted and harassed by famed British director Alfred Hitchcock during her star turns in “The Birds” and “Marnie.”
South Carolina ex-policeman’s murder trial opens with jury selection
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The murder trial of a former South Carolina policeman who shot an unarmed black motorist last year opened on Monday with jury selection, putting the national spotlight back on a case that triggered national concerns about r…
