Maryland police officer slain in ambush, two suspects arrested
LANDOVER, Md. (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on a police station in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., on Sunday, killing one officer in what authorities called an unprovoked attack before the assailant and a second suspect were arrested.
Second body recovered after tugboat collision at New York bridge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A second body was recovered in the Hudson River on Sunday a day after a tugboat collided with a barge and sank at the Tappan Zee Bridge, where a new span north of New York City is under construction, authorities said.
Texas festival apologizes after Muslim Olympian told to remove hijab
(Reuters) – Organizers of the South by Southwest (SXSW) arts festival said on Sunday they apologized to U.S. Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad after a volunteer said she must remove her Muslim headcovering to receive credentials to the event in Austin, Texas.
Sled dog killed in apparent snowmobile ‘attacks’ at Alaska’s Iditarod
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska State Troopers on Saturday arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with attacks on two musher teams taking part in the Iditarod dog sled race that killed at least one dog and injured three others.
U.S. police escape federal charges in 96 percent of rights cases: newspaper
(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors declined to bring charges against law enforcement officers in the United States facing allegations of civil rights violations in 96 percent of such cases between 1995 and 2015, according to an investigation by the Pittsb…
One dead, two missing after tugboat hits barge at New York bridge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A tugboat crew member died and two were missing on Saturday after the vessel collided with a barge and sank in the Hudson River under the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City, authorities said.
Thunderstorms pound U.S. South after days of rain
(Reuters) – A line of severe thunderstorms hit Louisiana on Saturday, adding more rain to flooded rivers across the lower Mississippi Valley after days of downpours, meteorologists said.
Dead ex-Russian press minister may have been attacked outside hotel: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police are investigating whether former Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin, who was found dead in a Washington hotel in November, was brutally assaulted before returning to the hotel, a U.S. law enforcement source said on Frida…
Alabama prison on lockdown after riot, two stabbed
(Reuters) – An Alabama prison was on lockdown on Saturday after a riot in which the warden and a guard were stabbed, the state Corrections Department said.
Nancy Reagan remembered at funeral for fierce loyalty to husband
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) – First lady Michelle Obama and representatives from nine former presidential families led a bipartisan gathering of politicians and celebrities in paying memorial tribute to Nancy Reagan, whose love for her late husband, …
