‘Dog Whisperer’ Millan cleared in U.S. probe over cruelty
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An animal cruelty investigation into celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan, known as the “Dog Whisperer,” has ended and no charges will be filed, a spokeswoman with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said on Monday.
Virginia governor says won’t sign electric-chair bill for executions
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe said on Monday he would not sign a bill passed by the legislature that would order executions by electric chair when lethal-injection drugs are not available.
Retired NFL star Will Smith shot dead in New Orleans
(Reuters) – Will Smith, a prominent member of the New Orleans Saints team that won the NFL’s Super Bowl in 2010, was killed by a gunman who shot the retired football player after ramming his car near the city’s famed French Quarter, police said on Sund…
Amid clinic closures, young doctors seek abortion training
(Reuters) – Even as scores of U.S. abortion clinics have shut down, the number of doctors trained to provide the procedure has surged – but only in some parts of the country.
In Iowa corn fields, Chinese national’s seed theft exposes vulnerability
ARLINGTON, Iowa (Reuters) – Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds.
Human error caused train derailment, BNSF says: LaCrosse Tribune
(Reuters) – Human error caused the November train derailment that sent more than 20,000 gallons (75,710 liters) of ethanol into the Mississippi River in Wisconsin, according to an article in the LaCrosse Tribune, citing a report filed by BNSF Railway.
Human foot and other remains found in Seattle recycling bin
(Reuters) – A Seattle homeowner found three adult body parts, including a foot, in a recycling bin over the weekend, police and local media said on Sunday.
U.S. airman in shooting at Texas air base was a former FBI agent
(Reuters) – A U.S. airman who apparently shot and killed his commanding officer at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and then turned the gun on himself was a former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, the FBI said on Sunday.
Prank caller tricks Burger King workers into smashing windows
(Reuters) – Several employees of a Burger King fast-food outlet in Minnesota were persuaded by a prank caller posing as a fire official to smash the restaurant’s windows, convinced that rising gas pressure was threatening to cause an explosion, police …
Florida ex-sheriff’s deputy acquitted in excessive force case
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida jury acquitted a former sheriff’s deputy on Friday of a civil rights charge stemming from a 2014 arrest in which five officers were accused of beating a black man during an arrest, local media reported.
