Palestinian kills U.S. tourist in stabbing spree on Tel Aviv boardwalk
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – An American tourist was stabbed to death and at least nine other people were wounded by a Palestinian armed with a knife on a popular boardwalk in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, authorities said, while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was in a …
Colorado hospital sued over exposure to disease from ex-surgical tech
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado hospital has been sued by three former surgery patients who say they were among nearly 3,000 people possibly exposed to a blood-borne disease carried by a drug-addicted former medical technician, court records showed on Tu…
Suspect charged in four Kansas murders, remains at large
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – Four murder charges were filed on Tuesday against a man who is suspected of killing four people in Kansas and a fifth person in Missouri, a prosecutor said.
Suspect in shooting of Idaho pastor arrested
(Reuters) – A man suspected of shooting an Idaho pastor who led a prayer at a rally for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was arrested on Tuesday and was facing attempted murder charges, police said.
Police shot Oregon protester in back but act was ‘justified’: prosecutor
(Reuters) – A leader of the armed occupation of an Oregon federal wildlife refuge killed by police was shot three times in the back, a county prosecutor said on Tuesday, calling the shooting “justified and necessary.”
Ferguson leans to accepting U.S. government’s reform plan
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – The Ferguson, Missouri, city council on Tuesday inched closer to accepting a deal with the U.S. Justice Department to reform the city’s police after the 2014 shooting of an unarmed black teenager there became a flashpoint in U…
California may allow partially repaired VW diesels to remain on road
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – California may allow partially-repaired Volkswagen diesel cars implicated in the company’s emissions scandal to continue operating on its roads because a full fix may not be possible, the state’s air regulator said at a legislati…
Missouri professor who sought ‘muscle’ at protest appeals firing
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The University of Missouri professor fired after being caught on video calling for “some muscle” to have a student journalist removed from a campus protest, appealed her dismissal on Tuesday, saying school governors oversteppe…
Minnesota man pleads guilty to threatening federal judge, officers
(Reuters) – A Minnesota man pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to three years probation for making death threats against a federal judge and law enforcement officers, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota said.
Ohio 17-year-olds sue state for right to vote in primary
(Reuters) – A group of 17-year-olds in Ohio on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Ohio secretary of state seeking to have their ability to vote in the upcoming presidential primary restored after it was eliminated in December.
