Polling places become battleground in U.S. voting rights fight
LINCOLN PARK, Ga. (Reuters) – Louis Brooks, 87, has walked to cast a vote at his neighborhood polling place in Georgia’s predominantly black Lincoln Park neighborhood for five decades. But not this year.
NYC police commissioner touts falling crime on his way out
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton sought on Friday to counter fears that lawlessness is on the rise in the largest U.S. city, writing in his resignation letter that crime has continued to fall this year.
U.S. motorist miles traveled in July is most for month: government
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Motorists logged 287.5 billion miles on U.S. roads in July, the most ever for the month and a 2 percent increase over last year, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
U.S. Justice Dept to push prosecutors on opioid crisis -USA Today
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department will enlist federal prosecutors to help fight the nation’s opioid crisis by sharing information on overprescribing doctors and coordinating with public health officials to address addiction, USA Today …
Soccer helps young refugees take a shot at new life in the U.S.
BALTIMORE, Md. (Reuters) – On a muggy day in late July, dozens of student refugees ran relentlessly after a soccer ball, stopping only to help up a fellow player who had slipped.
Deutsche Bank to fight $14 billion demand from U.S. authorities
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank said it would fight a $14 billion demand from the U.S. Department of Justice to settle claims it missold mortgage-backed securities, a shock bill that raises questions about the future of Germany’s largest lender.
Julia becomes tropical storm again as it mills off East Coast
(Reuters) – Julia regained its designation as a tropical storm as it milled off the southeast coast of the United States on Friday, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.
Blue Angels flight team told to stop aerial maneuver after crash probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels flight exhibition team has been ordered to stop using the so-called Split-S maneuver during its shows until further notice after an investigation into a crash that killed a top Marine Corps pilot this …
White Ohio policeman kills black teen armed with BB gun
(Reuters) – A white Ohio policeman responding to reports of an armed robbery fatally shot a black 13-year-old boy after he pulled out what appeared to be a weapon that was later determined to be a BB gun, police said on Thursday.
U.S. House panel slams former NSA contractor Snowden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S congressional intelligence committee on Thursday issued a scathing report accusing former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of leaking information that “caused tremendous damage” to U.S. national security, …
