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.
U.S. Air Force faces shortage of fighter pilots: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States Air Force is facing a shortage of more than 500 fighter pilots which is expected to widen to more than 800 by 2022, Air Force officials said on Tuesday.
Suspect wanted to torture, murder nine-year-old Chicago boy: officials
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A gang member planned to torture and kidnap a 9-year-old Chicago boy he lured from a park into an alley and fatally shot in a gang-related retaliation aimed at the boy’s father, authorities said on Tuesday.
Trial ends for U.S. Air Force vet charged with Islamic State support
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tairod Pugh, a U.S. Air Force veteran, spent months downloading violent Islamic State videos before boarding a one-way flight from his home in Egypt to Turkey in January 2015.
Trial ends for U.S. Air Force vet charged with Islamic State support
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tairod Pugh, a U.S. Air Force veteran, spent months downloading violent Islamic State videos before boarding a one-way flight from his home in Egypt to Turkey in January 2015.
