Ex-cop to be retried in black Cincinnati motorist’s killing
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Prosecutors said on Tuesday they will retry a fired former University of Cincinnati police officer on charges of murdering an unarmed black motorist after his first trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month, and will seek a ch…
Suspect in San Antonio police killing was angry over custody battles
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A 31-year-old man suspected in the ambush killing of a police detective in Texas has apologized to the officer’s family and said he “lashed out” in anger after several custody battles.
Trump drops campaign promise to probe Clinton on email, charity: aide indicates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not pursue investigations against Hillary Clinton over her family’s charity or her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, MSNBC said, dropping a threat made to his D…
Trump’s foundation says it violated ‘self-dealing’ ban: IRS forms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s charitable foundation said it violated a ban on so-called “self-dealing” by transferring income or assets to a “disqualified person,” according to a copy of its 2015 tax filings made…
Ex-NBA star Rodman charged with driving wrong way on California highway
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former pro basketball star Dennis Rodman has been charged with driving the wrong way on a California highway and forcing another car to swerve into a concrete dividing wall before he left the scene, prosecutors said.
Famed Plaza District fades as Manhattan office landscape shifts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lower leasing costs, more efficient office space and the hope of projecting an image more appealing to millennials are leading hedge funds and large corporations to leave Manhattan’s most-coveted business district for a rejuvenated…
Should I stay or should I go? U.S. civil servants gird for Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the U.S. presidential election has set off a round of resume-polishing across Washington, as the nation’s federal civil servants prepare for a leader who has promised to freeze hiring and revers…
Driver arrested, faces charges in deadly Tennessee school bus crash: police
(Reuters) – A bus carrying elementary students home from school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, crashed on Monday afternoon, killing six children and sending nearly two dozen to a hospital with injuries, authorities said.
U.S. Holocaust museum alarmed over ‘hateful speech’ by white nationalists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum expressed alarm on Monday over “hateful speech” at a white nationalist meeting over the weekend, and a restaurant apologized for hosting the group after a woman tweeted a picture of herself maki…
Court says Republican gerrymandering in Wisconsin was unconstitutional
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Republicans in Wisconsin tilted district maps in their favor in order to hamper Democrats and ultimately win state elections in 2012 and 2014, a federal court said on Monday in a case that could influence future rulings on gerryma…
