U.S. South braces for tornadoes and hail from storm system
(Reuters) – Large parts of the U.S. South are expected to be pelted with hail and storms that could produce tornadoes on Thursday, the day after several twisters damaged buildings and injured at least seven people in Oklahoma.
Chicago police union hires officer who killed black teen: reports
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago police union has hired as a janitor the white officer charged with fatally shooting a black teenager in 2014 as a way of helping him financially, local media reported on Thursday.
Massachusetts 13-year-old took stolen car on 30-mile joyride
BOSTON (Reuters) – A 13-year-old Massachusetts boy was due in court on Thursday to face charges of allegedly stealing a sport-utility vehicle and taking it on a 30-mile joyride before crashing in Boston, prosecutors and local media said.
Oklahoma storm-packing tornadoes injure seven, damage buildings
(Reuters) – Several tornadoes were reported in northern Oklahoma late on Wednesday, with heavy winds blowing down power lines, damaging structures and injuring at least seven people, regional officials said.
Trump sounds off on abortion; criticism comes from all sides
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Wednesday that women who end pregnancies should face punishment if the United States bans abortion, triggering a torrent of criticism from both sides of the abortion debat…
FBI’s secret method of unlocking iPhone may never reach Apple
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI may be allowed to withhold information about how it broke into an iPhone belonging to a gunman in the December San Bernardino shootings, despite a U.S. government policy of disclosing technology security flaws discovered …
Lawsuit seeks to disband California surf crew
(Reuters) – A group of surfers in Southern California should be designated a criminal gang after years of intimidating visitors and vandalizing property to keep their slice of the ocean to themselves, according to a federal lawsuit.
Former Stanford swimmer convicted of sex assault on unconscious woman
(Reuters) – A former Stanford University swimmer was convicted on Wednesday of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman following a party on the campus of the prestigious California school, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Alaska school children plotted to poison classmate: police
(Reuters) – Police in Anchorage, Alaska, said on Wednesday they had investigated a plot by two young school children to poison a classmate.
Pentagon to send about a dozen Guantanamo inmates to other countries soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon plans to transfer about a dozen inmates of the Guantanamo military prison to at least two countries that have agreed to take them, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, the latest move in President Barack Obama’s final …
