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.
Judge refuses to block New York ‘ballot selfie’ law
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday refused to block enforcement of a New York state law barring voters from taking photographs of their marked ballots so that they could post them on social media websites.
Baltimore man ordered to pay $1 million for cutting fire hose in riot
(Reuters) – A Baltimore man was sentenced on Thursday to pay $1 million in restitution for puncturing a fire hose at a burning drugstore during rioting last year, federal authorities said.
Cubs’ historic championship draws more than 40 million U.S. viewers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Chicago Cubs’ World Series victory on Wednesday night not only ended the team’s historic 108-year championship drought but attracted the biggest U.S. television audience for baseball in 25 years.
