Milwaukee curfew obeyed after riots over police shooting
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Tension eased on Monday night in Milwaukee, as teenagers respected a late night curfew to deter a third night of the rioting that hit the U.S. Midwestern city following the police shooting of an armed black man.
Man arrested for arson related to destructive California fire
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (Reuters) – A man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of arson, officials said, over a wildfire in Northern California that has destroyed more than 175 homes and businesses and forced hundreds of residents to flee.
Trial of ‘Hollywood Arsonist’ begins in Los Angeles
(Reuters) – Lawyers made opening speeches on Monday in the Los Angeles trial of a German national dubbed the “Hollywood Arsonist” and charged with setting more than 40 fires across the city more than three years ago.
Colorado to vote on assisted suicide in November
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado voters will decide in November whether to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under a ballot question approved on Monday, a proposal opposed by some religious and disability-rights organizations.
New York man charged with murder in deaths of imam, assistant
(Reuters) – A New York man, Oscar Morel, of Brooklyn, was charged on Monday with two counts of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of a Muslim imam and his assistant, a police spokesman said.
Pennsylvania attorney general convicted of perjury, other charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A jury on Monday convicted Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane of all counts in her politically charged perjury trial stemming from allegations that she leaked grand jury information, a prosecutor’s spokeswoman said….
Aetna pulls back on Obamacare health insurance plans in 2017
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Aetna Inc, the No. 3 U.S. health insurer, on Monday said that due to persistent financial losses on Obamacare plans, it will sell individual insurance on the government-run online marketplaces in only four states next year, down fr…
After decades of segregation, anger boils over in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – For Randy Jones, a community activist in the Milwaukee district of Sherman Park, the rioting that took place in his neighborhood over the weekend was inevitable.
North Carolina asks Supreme Court to reinstate voter ID law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Carolina on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a state law requiring voters to show identification to remain in effect for the Nov. 8 U.S. election despite an appeals court decision that the measure discriminates …
Man wanted in killing of Georgia police officer captured in Florida
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The suspect sought in the killing of a Georgia police officer was found hiding in the trunk of a car in Florida early on Monday after a 28-hour manhunt, police said.
