Police fatally shoot armed hostage-taker at Texas Walmart
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – An armed man was fatally shot by police after holding two people hostage in an Amarillo, Texas, Walmart store on Tuesday in an incident law enforcement described as workplace violence.
Buffett says anonymous woman wins $3.46 million charity auction for lunch
(Reuters) – Warren Buffett on Tuesday said the anonymous bidder who agreed last week at an annual charity auction to pay $3,456,789 to have lunch with him, matching the previous record high, is a woman.
Tight security planned for Charleston shooting anniversary events
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Security will be high at events in Charleston commemorating a mass shooting at an African-American church in which nine people died a year ago this week, police said on Tuesday.
Over $5.3 million raised for Orlando club shooting victims
(Reuters) – Corporate and individual donors have given more than $5.3 million to help victims of Sunday’s mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Florida by a gunman who killed 49 people and wounded 53, organizers of fundraising drives said on Tuesday.
Guilty plea seen for Wall Street scion Caspersen in fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street executive Andrew Caspersen will likely plead guilty next month to criminal charges over an alleged $150 million fraud scheme, after compulsive gambling drove him to make huge, failed bets against the U.S. stock market, …
Metals company CEO pleads guilty in New York over Iran exports
(Reuters) – A New York City man who runs a metallurgy company pleaded guilty on Tuesday to having conspired to illegally export missile-grade metallic powder to Iran, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Employee charged with murder in death of New York chiropractor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 60-year-old chiropractor in upstate New York, whose death last year was originally attributed to natural causes, was poisoned by her 23-year-old employee who has been charged with murder, police alleged on Tuesday.
U.S. doctors call gun violence a ‘public health crisis’
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history has prompted the American Medical Association to call gun violence a “public health crisis” and urge that Congress fund research into the problem.
Woman sentenced to probation for graffiti at seven U.S. national parks
(Reuters) – A woman who defaced rock formations in seven U.S. national parks with drawings, then photographed and posted the graffiti on social media has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges, U.S. prosecutors said on…
Chicago cop relieved of duties after head-stomping caught on video
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago police officer has been relieved of his duties after a video posted online showed him stomping on a man’s head during an attempted arrest, officials said on Tuesday.
