Atlantic City, New Jersey, police officer critically wounded, suspect slain
(Reuters) – A suspect was shot dead and an Atlantic City, New Jersey, police officer critically wounded on Saturday when police exchanged gunfire with a group of men allegedly engaged in criminal activity, the county prosecutor’s office said.
Mexican soldiers kill ten after highway ambush near U.S. border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican soldiers killed ten members of a criminal group accused of ambushing a military patrol near the U.S. border in the violent northern state of Tamaulipas on Saturday, the government said.
Remains of Minnesota boy missing since 1989 found: authorities
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – The remains of an 11-year-old boy abducted in 1989 while riding his bicycle near his home in central Minnesota have been found and were officially identified on Saturday, authorities said.
Former New York mayor David Dinkins sued for alleged hit-and-run
(Reuters) – Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins denied on Saturday an accusation in a lawsuit that he plowed into a bicycle deliveryman while driving on a Manhattan street and then fled.
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…
