Supreme Court puts Alabama execution on hold for seventh time
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a last-minute hold on the Alabama execution of Thomas Douglas Arthur, the seventh time he has avoided capital punishment for the 1982 murder of his girlfriend’s husband.
More U.S. middle school students dying of suicide than car crashes
(Reuters) – The suicide rate among U.S. middle school students doubled from 2007 to 2014, surpassing for the first time the incidence of youngsters aged 10 to 14 who died in car crashes, a federal report released on Thursday said.
Marijuana investor Privateer raises $40 million on eve of U.S. elections
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Marijuana private equity investor Privateer Holdings has raised $40 million in convertible debt ahead of next week’s elections, with pot legalization on the ballot in nine U.S. states.
A year inside America’s militia
(Reuters) – Some call them militia. They call themselves patriots.
Fund for burned, vandalized black Mississippi church nears $200,000
(Reuters) – An internet fundraising campaign to repair a historic black Mississippi church that was burned and spray-painted with “Vote Trump” a week before the U.S. presidential election had raised nearly $200,000 by late Thursday afternoon.
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.
