Flint police and fire chiefs resign amid drinking water crisis
(Reuters) – The fire and police chiefs of Flint resigned on Friday in what the Michigan city’s mayor, Karen Weaver, called a first step in restructuring operations as it struggles to cope with dangerous levels of lead in its drinking water.
Florida man pleads guilty over threats to bomb two mosques
(Reuters) – A Florida man pleaded guilty on Friday to a federal hate crime for threatening to bomb two mosques and shoot their congregants shortly after November’s deadly attacks in Paris.
Third investigator in probe of slain Texas deputy fired
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – An investigator looking into the death of a Houston-area deputy who was fatally shot in a hail of bullets last year was terminated on Friday, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said, making him the third person in the probe to…
Four injured in Ohio machete attack, police kill suspect
(Reuters) – Police shot and killed a machete-wielding man who injured four people at a Middle Eastern restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, police said on Friday.
U.S. northeast prepares for most severe cold snap of year
BOSTON (Reuters) – The northeastern United States on Friday faced a cold snap so severe that even world-class ski jumpers preparing for a night-time competition at Boston’s Fenway Park worried about the frigid weather.
Exclusive: Immigrants arrested in U.S. raids say were misled on right to counsel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. immigration authorities violated their own rules by telling some of the 121 Central American women and children they arrested in raids last month that they had no legal recourse to dispute their deportations, according to se…
Michigan governor, EPA to testify at House panel on Flint
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder will testify on the Flint drinking water crisis at a House of Representatives oversight panel next month, aides for the committee said on Friday.
Georgia settles lawsuit over hormone therapy for transgender inmate
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia has settled a federal lawsuit filed by a transgender woman who was denied hormone treatments while serving time in a state prison, attorneys involved in the case said on Friday.
Roses and roaches: Cold-hearted Valentine’s Day ideas
NEW YORK (Reuters) – With the coldest air in more than a decade forecast to grip the United States this Valentine’s Day weekend, the holiday dedicated to love is flashing its frigid side with an array of events designed for jilted lovers seeking reveng…
Kansas confirms two more norovirus cases in Buffalo Wild Wings probe
(Reuters) – Two more cases of norovirus were confirmed in people who visited a Buffalo Wild Wings Inc restaurant in Kansas, but the source of the illness could not be identified, a spokeswoman for the state health department’s county office said.
