New Jersey train crash turns spotlight on Christie, funding crisis
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A deadly New Jersey Transit train crash this week has renewed questions about Republican Governor Chris Christie’s hard-nosed approach to a public transit funding crisis, even as he announced a compromise on Friday to pay for long-…
Investigators dig for clues into fatal New Jersey train crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investigators spoke with what they called “cooperative” crew members and sent a black box recorder to the manufacturer for downloading on Friday in the search for clues as to why a New Jersey commuter train failed to stop on Thursd…
Black man dies in struggle with California police after calling for help: media
(Reuters) – A black man who died after a physical struggle with police in a southern California home made an emergency call to Pasadena police because he needed help and suffered from bipolar disorder, his partner told a Los Angeles TV station on Frida…
California toughens rape laws after Stanford case uproar
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed legislation to broaden the state’s legal definition of rape and mandate prison if the victim was unconscious, following a furor over a Stanford University sexual assault case.
Teen suspect in South Carolina school shooting charged with murder
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina teenager suspected of killing his father and wounding two boys and a teacher at an elementary school was charged on Friday with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder, the office of the lo…
Student no longer at Tennessee school after disrupting Black Lives Matter protest
(Reuters) – A student is no longer enrolled at a Tennessee university after attending a Black Lives Matter protest on campus wearing a gorilla mask and handing out bananas, a university official said on Friday.
Boston Marathon bombing makes way to TV and movie screens
(Reuters) – More than three years after the Boston Marathon bombing, the story of the 2013 deadly attack on the race and its aftermath is making its way to both the big and small screens.
New U.S. ‘secret’ clearance unit hires firm linked to 2014 hacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. government bureau set up to do “secret” and “top secret” security clearance investigations has turned for help to a private company whose login credentials were used in hack attacks that looted the personal data of 22 mill…
Alabama chief justice ousted over gay marriage defiance
(Reuters) – The chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court was effectively ousted on Friday by a judicial panel that found he unethically resisted U.S. court rulings that legalized same-sex marriage.
Tulsa officer pleads not guilty to manslaughter in shooting death
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – A white police officer charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man pleaded not guilty on Friday in court in Tulsa, Oklahoma, according to her attorney’s office.
