Texas judge allows ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ poster to go back up
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas judge ordered a school district to allow for the display of a poster inspired by the animated holiday television cartoon “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” that the district had banned because it had a Christian message, sta…
Milwaukee ex-cop charged with black man’s shooting death
(Reuters) – A former Milwaukee police officer was charged on Thursday in the fatal shooting of a black man that sparked riots in the Wisconsin city for two nights in August.
Family of black man killed by Washington police files lawsuit
(Reuters) – The family of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a District of Columbia police officer in September filed a lawsuit against the department on Thursday, alleging the victim posed no threat to the officer.
Driver in deadly Tennessee bus crash was speeding, holding phone
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – The driver of a school bus that crashed in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last month, killing six children, was speeding and holding a cellphone while he drove, police said on Thursday.
White supremacist found guilty on all counts in Charleston church massacre
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The jury in avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof’s federal hate crimes trial found him guilty on all counts on Thursday for gunning down nine black parishioners at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, last year….
North Carolina Republicans try to strip powers from incoming Democratic governor
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina’s Republican-dominated legislature is moving to strip powers from the state’s incoming governor, Democrat Roy Cooper, three weeks before he is to succeed a Republican in the executive mansion.
U.S. says Singapore man pleads guilty to plot to export Iraq bomb parts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Singapore citizen pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal charge stemming from his role in illegally exporting, through Iran, parts found in improvised explosive devices in Iraq, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Colorful U.S. sports broadcaster Craig Sager dies at 65
(Reuters) – Dapper U.S. television sports broadcaster Craig Sager, who donned flamboyant outfits as he interviewed coaches and players during decades as an NBA sideline reporter and resolutely worked even as he underwent treatment for leukemia, has die…
Washington grand jury indicts suspected pizzeria gunman on assault charge
(Reuters) – A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a North Carolina man on assault and firearms charges for taking a rifle to a Washington, D.C., pizzeria that conspiracy theorists claimed without evidence was a front for a child sex ring.
U.S. sues Michigan town for rejecting proposed mosque out of bias
(Reuters) – The U.S. government sued an eastern Michigan city on Thursday, saying it discriminated against Muslims when it rejected an Islamic group’s plan to build a mosque there.
