California firefighter killed heading to Vandenberg Air Force Base blaze
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A firefighter driving a water-tender truck was killed on Wednesday when the vehicle overturned en route to the scene of a 5-day-old blaze that has scorched a large swath of Vandenberg Air Force Base along the Southern California…
Top Stanford medical student killed in California mountain fall
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A “superstar” medical student at Stanford University was killed after plunging down a steep slope while climbing a nearly 14,000-foot (4,267-meter) California mountain peak, police and the university said on Wednesday.
Charlotte police chief says one person killed during protest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One person has died of a gunshot wound in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday during protests against the killing of a black man by police, the city’s police chief said.
U.S. cities push for local laws to oversee police surveillance
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A number of U.S. cities are introducing proposals to mandate community oversight of police use of digital surveillance technology as evidence mounts that black or poor neighborhoods are being more heavily scrutinized than others, ci…
Colonial says gasoline line safely restarted after leak
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Colonial Pipeline Co [COLPI.UL] said its main gasoline line, Line 1, was safely restarted and returned to service on Wednesday after its biggest leak in nearly two decades squeezed supply and led to increased prices at the pump in …
Investigators try to determine if accused New York bomber had help
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. authorities on Wednesday were looking into whether an Afghan-born American citizen charged with carrying out bombings in New York and New Jersey acted alone or had help as the city’s top federal public defender sought access t…
Texas says withdrawing from U.S. refugee resettlement program
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas gave notice on Wednesday that it was withdrawing from participating in the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement’s program, citing security concerns after failing in federal court to halt the inflow of Syrian refugees into…
No charges for Maryland policeman who killed armed black woman
(Reuters) – No charges will be filed against a Maryland police officer who fatally shot an armed black woman during a standoff that she live-streamed over the internet, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Calm urged in Charlotte, North Carolina after 16 officers hurt in protests
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – The mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday called for calm and peace after 16 officers were hurt and police vehicles were damaged overnight during a demonstration against the police shooting of a black man at a…
Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo dies in car crash
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Atlanta rapper Carlos Walker, who went by the stage name Shawty Lo, died early on Wednesday in a fiery car crash while returning from a nightclub near his hometown, police said. He was 40.
