Clown sightings spook South Carolina, perplex police
(Reuters) – One clown showed up on a roadside in a rain poncho, another waved money at children near woods.
Oklahoma rocked by one of its strongest earthquakes
PAWNEE, Okla. (Reuters) – One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Oklahoma rattled the area northwest of Pawnee on Saturday, fuelling growing concern about seismic activity linked to energy production, a federal agency said.
Trump calls for new civil rights agenda in visit to black church
DETROIT (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stepped up his bid to win over minority voters by addressing a largely black church in Detroit on Saturday and calling for a new civil rights agenda to support African-Americans.
Shooter wounds two in California jail, suspect held
(Reuters) – Two Fresno County, California, sheriff’s employees were wounded in a shooting at the county jail on Saturday, and a suspect is in custody, authorities said.
Salt Lake police officers ‘not within policy’ in shooting, board finds
(Reuters) – A Salt Lake City civilian review board said in a report on Friday that two white police officers who shot and wounded a black teenager acted outside their department’s policy on use of force.
Hermine pounds Florida, then churns north into Carolinas
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Hurricane Hermine wreaked havoc across Florida on Friday, causing widespread power outages and flooding before diminishing into a tropical storm and plowing up the Atlantic Coast into the Carolinas with a still-potent mix of hig…
SpaceX to shift Florida launches to new pad after explosion
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – SpaceX said on Friday it would shift Florida flights to a nearly completed second site after damage to its launch pad on Thursday from the explosion of a rocket belonging to the space services company run by Elon Musk.
Ex-deputy in South Carolina spared charges after throwing student
(Reuters) – A South Carolina prosecutor has decided against criminally charging a former sheriff’s deputy who was caught on video flipping a black high school student out of her chair and throwing her across a classroom, local media reported on Friday….
U.S. drops case against ex-cop arrested outside New York’s Trump Tower
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors have dropped their case against a retired New York City police officer arrested outside Trump Tower and accused of resisting U.S. Secret Service agents protecting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a court …
Anger as ex-Stanford swimmer freed after three months for sex assault
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) – A former Stanford University swimmer whose six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman caused uproar was released from jail on Friday after serving half of his time.
