SeaWorld sues California commission over orca breeding ban
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – SeaWorld sued California authorities on Tuesday, seeking to overturn a decision that allows the San Diego theme park to expand its orca habitat only if it stops breeding killer whales in captivity.
California elections officials probe voter data breach claims: Sacramento Bee
(Reuters) – California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said on Tuesday that his office was working to verify claims that confidential voter information had been exposed on the Internet, the Sacramento Bee newspaper reported.
Chicago officer who shot black teen pleads not guilty to murder
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager last year pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut short a vacation to return to the city to deal with the fallout from two more fatal police shootings o…
U.S. police get little training to handle crises with mentally ill
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Most U.S. police receive little or no training on how best to handle crises involving the mentally ill despite the growing frequency of such encounters and the fatal results in a number of recent cases.
Severe floods hit Missouri as U.S. storms sweep north
KANSAS CITY, Mo./CHICAGO (Reuters) – Missouri residents struggled through a fourth straight day of storms on Tuesday, fighting rising floodwaters that inundated homes, forced evacuations and closed highways and even part of the Mississippi River.
Posh New York City hotels pledge to go green
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Some of New York’s most iconic hotels, comprising more than 11,000 guest rooms, promised to cut their carbon footprints on Tuesday and join a city effort to improve the energy efficiency of buildings.
Texas ‘affluenza’ teen captured in Mexico to be returned to U.S.
FORT WORTH, Texas/PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (Reuters) – A rich Texas teenager who fled with his mother to Mexico to avoid possible jail time for violating his probation in a drunken-driving crash that left four people dead planned the flight and even hel…
New York City ramps up security for New Year’s Eve celebration
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A six-ton crystal ball is ready to be lowered above New York City, colorful paper has been ground into confetti that will rain on Times Square and about 6,000 police officers will guard revelers on New Year’s Eve at one of the city…
Chicago officer who shot black teen pleads not guilty to murder
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager last year pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut short a vacation to return to the city to deal with the fallout from two more fatal police shootings o…
Cleveland police to review shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Cleveland police will review from start-to-finish the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice to determine if the two officers involved or others should face disciplinary action in the November 2014 incident, officials said on Tu…
