Insurers shun risk as oil-linked quakes soar in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – As the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma exploded into the hundreds in the last few years, nearly a dozen insurance companies moved to limit their exposure, often at the expense of homeowners, a Reuters examination has found.
Four children wounded, woman killed in Alabama shooting: local media
(Reuters) – A domestic dispute in Birmingham, Alabama has ended with a woman shot dead, a 12-year old girl suffering life-threatening injuries and three other children wounded but in a stable condition, local media reported on Thursday.
Missouri executes man who killed three, including sheriff’s deputy
(Reuters) – A man who killed three people, including a sheriff’s deputy, in a dispute over drugs was executed by lethal injection in Missouri on Wednesday night.
Former South Carolina officer used excessive force in fatal shooting: indictment
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A white former police officer caught on video as he shot dead a black man fleeing a traffic stop in South Carolina last year has been charged with a federal civil rights offense that could send him to prison for life, U.S. …
Stay hopeful, ex-North Korea detainee tells two U.S. prisoners there
(Reuters) – A Korean-American missionary detained for two years in North Korea, where he served time at a labor camp, said on Wednesday two Americans held in the reclusive country should remain hopeful that U.S. officials will obtain their release.
High-ranking San Francisco politicians call for new police chief
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Three members of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors on Wednesday called for the replacement of the city’s police chief amid scandals that have rocked the department for months.
Texas judge upholds nearly two-year jail term for ‘affluenza’ teen
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas judge on Wednesday upheld his April order of a nearly two-year jail term for the Texas “affluenza” teenager, who killed four people while driving drunk, a local prosecutor’s office said.
North Carolina students sue U.S. over stance on bathroom access
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A group of North Carolina public school students and their parents is asking a U.S. court to block two federal agencies from withholding education funding in a dispute over a state law mandating bathroom access according…
Businessman in Detroit Public Schools kickback scheme pleads guilty
(Reuters) – A businessman at the center of a years-long kickback scandal involving more than 12 Detroit Public Schools principals pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal bribery and tax evasion charges and was ordered to pay back $2.7 million to the cas…
Congress backs Arlington burial honor for female pilots
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers cleared the way on Wednesday for female pilots from World War Two to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, the vast military cemetery just outside Washington.
