Ex-Chicago police chief says he took the fall in Laquan McDonald case
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former Chicago police chief Garry McCarthy, speaking publicly for the first time since he was fired, said this week he took the fall in the city’s handling of a white officer’s shooting of a black teenager and the delayed release of…
Mississippi man pleads guilty to trying to join Islamic State
(Reuters) – A Mississippi man pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to attempting to join Islamic State in Syria with his wife last summer.
Reporter files criminal charge of battery against Trump campaign chief
(Reuters) – A reporter for the conservative website Breitbart News filed a criminal complaint on Friday against Republican presidential election front-runner Donald Trump’s campaign manager, saying he grabbed her arm at a rally with such force that he …
U.S. spy agencies to celebrate LGBT employees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. spy agencies will publicly celebrate their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees and encourage new LGBT recruits at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas next week, the office of the Director of Nationa…
U.S. doctor with Lassa fever en route to Atlanta from West Africa
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An American doctor who was working with missionaries in West Africa is being moved to an isolation ward at an Atlanta hospital on Friday with a suspected case of Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola, officials …
Attempted break-in at Michigan Arab-American newspaper office
DETROIT (Reuters) – Two men tried to break into the suburban Detroit office of an Arab-American newspaper early on Friday morning, raising concerns that anti-Muslim feelings were behind the incident, the weekly paper’s founder and publisher said.
C&J Energy Services CEO Josh Comstock has died
HOUSTON (Reuters) – C&J Energy Services CEO Joshua E. Comstock has died, the company said on Friday, adding that its board would meet in the afternoon about a succession plan.
Russian accused by U.S. of spy ring role pleads guilty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Russian citizen whom U.S. authorities accused of posing as a banker while participating in a New York City spy ring that sought to collect economic and other intelligence pleaded guilty to a criminal conspiracy charge on Friday.
North Carolina man charged with assaulting protester at Trump rally
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A 78-year-old white man accused of punching a black protester in the face during a rally in North Carolina for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been arrested on an assault charge, a local sheriff’s offi…
Designated ‘Smart City’ will get vehicle technology boost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department and NXP Semiconductors NV are joining forces in a pilot project to use communication technology to reduce congestion and speed traffic, they said on Friday.
