Two bailiffs, suspect dead in Michigan courthouse shooting: sheriff
(Reuters) – Two bailiffs were shot dead during a scuffle with a prisoner turned gunman inside a southwest Michigan courthouse on Monday that also wounded two people before police officers killed the shooter, a county sheriff said.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bible belongs to estate, judge says
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The Bible that Martin Luther King Jr. carried during the civil rights movement in the 1960s belongs to his estate which voted in 2014 to sell the heirloom against the wishes of his daughter, said a court ruling that could now lead t…
Judge rejects new trial for Sumner Redstone’s ex-girlfriend
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An ex-girlfriend of media mogul Sumner Redstone will not be granted a new trial over her lawsuit that challenged the 93-year-old’s mental competence, a California judge said in a tentative ruling on Monday.
California police search for woman in ransom kidnapping
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Police in the San Francisco Bay Area were searching on Monday for a 57-year-old woman who was kidnapped for ransom, officials said, even though her suspected abductors have been arrested.
San Francisco police search blacks, Hispanics more than whites: panel
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Three former judges examining accusations of racial bias by police in San Francisco said in a report released on Monday that black and Hispanic people were more likely to be searched without their consent by officers than whit…
U.S. House approves bill to upgrade airport security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives on Monday approved an aviation bill that would upgrade security at U.S. airports in the aftermath of the Brussels and Istanbul attacks while extending funds for the Federal Aviation Administration for…
Jailed U.S. soldier Manning attempted suicide last week: lawyers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chelsea Manning, the U.S. soldier imprisoned for leaking classified files to pro-transparency site WikiLeaks, attempted to commit suicide last week, her lawyers said on Monday.
Amid frenzy, Pokemon Go leads to robberies and injuries
(Reuters) – New mobile game Pokemon Go has become an overnight sensation with U.S. fans but also played a role in armed robberies in Missouri, the discovery of a body in Wyoming and minor injuries to fans distracted by the app, officials and news media…
Nurse in photo describes her arrest in Baton Rouge as ‘work of God’
(Reuters) – The black woman in the photograph stands in calm protest, her long dress fluttering in the breeze as two policemen clad in the heavy black padding and helmets of riot gear rush to remove her from a roadway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Arizona police can search based on pot smell, despite legal uses: court
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Police in Arizona may legally search an individual’s home or vehicle based solely on the smell of marijuana, even though the drug is legal for medical use, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
