Sacramento, California Mayor Johnson hit in the face with a pie: media
(Reuters) – Sacramento, California Mayor Kevin Johnson was hit in the face with a pie during a fundraiser at a charter high school on Wednesday by a man who was then arrested for felony assault, local media reported.
Trump praises ‘stop-and-frisk’ police tactic
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, in remarks at an African-American church on Wednesday, praised “stop-and-frisk” policing methods that have aroused protests and successful legal challenges, for singling out minor…
U.S. to boost Haitian deportations, but Haiti may not take them
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, responding to a surge in Haitian immigrants, will end special protections for them dating back to a 2010 earthquake that devastated that nation, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Th…
Judge dismisses case against North Carolina’s gay marriage opt-out law
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge threw out a challenge to a North Carolina law that allows government officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages if they cite religious objections, claiming the couples who brought the suit failed to establish…
White House seeks improved tribal relations as pipeline fight lingers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leaders of hundreds of Native American tribes will meet with President Barack Obama at his eighth and final Tribal Nations Conference at the White House next week, while thousands of activists are encamped on the North Dakota…
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 …
