Virginia military base lifts lockdown after shots fired
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia has lifted a lockdown on Friday that was imposed after shots were fired, the base said on Twitter.
Nashville, Tampa, Miami police unions urge boycotts of Beyonce shows
(Reuters) – Police unions in Nashville, Tampa and Miami are urging officers not to volunteer to work security at pop star Beyonce’s upcoming concerts in those cities, because of what they say was an anti-police message when she performed at the Super B…
Last of Louisiana’s ‘Angola Three’ inmates released
St. Francisville, La. (Reuters) – The last of three black inmates who spent decades in solitary confinement in Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison was released on Friday after pleading no contest to manslaughter in the 1972 death of a prison guard.
Hoverboards with counterfeit batteries seized at NY airport
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than a thousand hoverboards seized at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport were powered by counterfeit batteries that were potentially dangerous, U.S. customs officials said on Friday, highlighting concerns about the safety of t…
Driver was not texting, so heroin must be suppressed: appeals court
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court suppressed evidence of heroin found in the car of a driver pulled over in Indiana on suspicion of texting while driving, blaming a “largely inefficacious” state law that lets drivers use cellphones so long as they do no…
At least one killed, dozens injured in Texas prison bus crash
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and dozens more injured when a Texas prison bus collided with a pickup truck in central Texas on Friday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.
Illinois judge to decide jurisdiction over Cruz eligibility complaint
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois judge on Friday said she would decide next month whether she had jurisdiction over a voter’s complaint that Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz should not be on the state’s primary ballot because he was born in Ca…
Protesters in Flint demand new pipes in response to water crisis
FLINT, Mich. (Reuters) – More than 500 protesters led by civil rights activist Jesse Jackson marched to the Flint water plant on Friday to demand clean water and the replacement of corroding pipes in response to the city’s lead contamination crisis.
Witnesses in Shkreli case worried about retaliation: U.S. prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors said several witnesses in the criminal securities fraud case against notorious former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli are concerned about retaliation and have received threats from him in the past.
Canadian diplomat’s son sent to boot camp over deadly Florida shooting
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Canadian diplomat’s teenage son will serve nine months in boot camp for his role in a drug-related shooting that killed his older brother last year but was spared a lengthy prison sentence under a plea deal accepted by a Florida judge on Friday.
