New York police have low morale, say city less safe -poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A majority of New York City police officers believe the city has become a more dangerous place and feel less satisfied in their jobs, according to a survey released on Monday by the city’s largest police union.
Police officer kills east Tennessee man fleeing arrest
(Reuters) – A Tennessee police officer shot and killed the driver of a pickup truck the officer was trying to arrest for suspected driving under the influence, authorities said on Monday.
U.S. sailor arrested in Okinawa for suspected rape
TOKYO (Reuters) – A U.S. serviceman stationed in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman, Japanese police said on Monday, likely adding to complications for a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. base on the…
Ex-treasure hunter kept in jail over gold found in shipwreck
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A U.S. judge is keeping a former treasure hunter in jail for again failing to answer questions about the location of 500 commemorative gold coins from the discovery of a 19th century shipwreck, prosecutors said on Monday.
Michigan prosecutor arrested, charged with prostitution, pandering
(Reuters) – The top prosecutor in central Michigan’s Ingham County was arrested on Monday and charged with 15 criminal counts, including felony pandering and multiple prostitution misdemeanors, the state’s attorney general said.
New York Times’ editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal to step down
(Reuters) – New York Times Co said on Monday Andrew Rosenthal would step down as the newspaper’s editorial page editor in late April, and would be succeeded by James Bennet, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic.
FDA investigating graphic video linked to Kellogg factory
(Reuters) – Breakfast cereals maker Kellogg Co said federal regulators are conducting a criminal investigation of a video that surfaced on Friday showing a man filming himself urinating on one of its factory assembly lines.
Obama meets with formerly detained Washington Post reporter Rezaian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama met with Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter who was released from Iran earlier this year, at the State Department on Monday, a White House official said.
Sea level rise projected to displace 13 million in U.S. by 2100
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of people who could be displaced in U.S. coastal regions due to rising sea levels this century as a result of climate change is much higher than previously thought, with more than 13 million Americans at risk with a 6-foot (1.8 meters) rise including 6 million in Florida, scientists said on Monday. The researchers assessed sea level change scenarios by 2100 from the U.S. Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for coastal states along with population growth tre
Gawker swings back in Hulk Hogan sex-tape trial
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Reuters) – The former Gawker editor who posted a sex tape of celebrity wrestler Hulk Hogan testified in a Florida courtroom on Monday that he found the footage strange and “amusing,” as the website argues it exercised its press fr…
