New York City police upgrade gear after Texas, Louisiana shootings
(Reuters) – The New York City Police Department has acquired $7 million in military-style protective equipment for patrol officers in response to recent shooting attacks on police in Baton Rouge and Dallas earlier this month, officials said on Monday.
One of New York City’s busiest subway lines to shut for 18 months
NEW YORK (Reuters) – One of New York City’s busiest subway lines will cease running between Manhattan and Brooklyn for 18 months starting in 2019, transit officials said on Monday, creating a massive service disruption in an already overtaxed system.
Suspects sought in Florida nightclub shooting that left two teens dead
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida police said on Monday they had taken three people into custody but were searching for additional suspects in connection with a shooting outside a nightclub just after midnight that left two teenagers dead and more t…
Michael Jordan speaks against both police killings, targeting of police
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Basketball legend Michael Jordan spoke out on police violence on Monday and announced two $1 million grants, to civil rights group NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund and to a group that works on improving police relations with communities.
Man shot by Chicago police officers wants cops fired
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A man who was shot by Chicago police last year said on Monday he wants the officers fired from the department, days after the city’s law enforcement watchdog issued a rare finding that the shooting was unjustified.
Texas cemetery agrees to halt decades-long segregation
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A Texas cemetery has agreed to end its segregationist policy of only burying white people after it was sued for discrimination by a woman who claimed the operators refused to bury her Hispanic husband, court papers showed on Mon…
U.N. body overturns rejection, accredits press freedom watchdog
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) was granted consultative status at the United Nations on Monday after the U.N. Economic and Social Council overturned an earlier decision rejecting the press freedom w…
Democratic Party email leak points to Russia: cyber experts, U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cyber security experts and U.S. officials said on Monday there was evidence that Russia engineered the release of sensitive Democratic Party emails in order to influence the U.S. presidential election.
Florida man admits helping funnel 2012 foreign political contribution
(Reuters) – A Florida man pleaded guilty on Monday to working with another man to illegally funnel $80,000 in foreign contributions to U.S. President Barack Obama’s joint fundraising committee in 2012 so that a foreign national could attend a campaign …
New York banana importer gets more prison time for embezzlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Long Island banana importer serving prison terms for engaging in a cocaine distribution scheme and beating his girlfriend was sentenced on Monday to another 5-1/2 years in custody for stealing from his employees’ retirement plan….
