U.S. violent crime ticked higher in first half of 2015: FBI
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Violent crime in the United States increased 1.7 percent in the first half of 2015 as murders rose, but property offenses fell 4.2 percent, initial FBI numbers showed on Tuesday.
Obama to meet Michigan mayor to discuss contaminated water: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with the mayor of Flint, Michigan, on Tuesday to discuss the city’s problems in dealing with lead-contaminated water, the White House said.
Family of ex-FBI agent missing in Iran demands answers from White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The family of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iran eight years ago, said on Tuesday it was “desperate for answers” on his whereabouts and expressed frustration at the information it had received from the Oba…
Texas attorney general says daily fantasy sports illegal in state
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Daily fantasy sports games that charge players to compete cannot operate legally in Texas, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday, making it the latest U.S. state to challenge the legality of such online contests.
Two dead, at least nine injured in California bus crash
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two people died and at least nine more were injured when a Greyhound bus flipped over and came to rest straddling the median of a wet Northern California freeway, authorities said on Tuesday.
U.S. justices split on New Jersey cop’s political retaliation claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court appeared split on Tuesday as it considered whether a New Jersey cop could bring a retaliation lawsuit claiming he was demoted because his boss mistakenly thought he was supporting a political rival in a loc…
Father rejects plea deal in New York church beating that killed son
UTICA, N.Y. (Reuters) – A man accused of taking part in a mass church beating that killed one of his sons and injured another in upstate New York rejected a plea deal on Tuesday that would have sent him to prison for at least 18 years.
U.S. justices reject Arkansas bid to revive abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court, which is due to hear arguments in March in an important abortion case from Texas, on Tuesday rejected a bid by Arkansas to revive a state law blocked by a lower court that had banned abortions after 12 wee…
New York officer to stand trial for fatal shooting of black man
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The manslaughter trial of a New York City police officer who fired the bullet that killed an unarmed black man in the darkened stairwell of a housing project is due to begin on Thursday.
Colorado school staff missed red flags in deadly 2013 shooting: report
DENVER (Reuters) – Administrators and teachers at a Colorado high school failed to act on warnings signs that a student was acting in a threatening and violent way before he shot to death a classmate in 2013, an independent review of the rampage said o…
