Families demand Chicago police, mayor explain shooting deaths
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The families of two black Chicagoans killed by police accused officers on Sunday of having used excessive force and Mayor Rahm Emanuel of having failed them, piling pressure on a city facing a U.S. federal probe over possible racial…
Three adults, two children drown in car in Illinois flooding
(Reuters) – Three adults and two children drowned when floodwaters swept away their car in Illinois on Saturday night, according to officials and local media.
California firefighters work to contain last stretch of wildfire
(Reuters) – More than 400 California firefighters battled on Sunday to contain a final stretch of wildfire that caused the temporary closure of a major highway and forced evacuations northwest of Los Angeles, officials said.
Chicago police officer shoots, kills two, one by mistake
CHICAGO (Reuters) – In a city troubled by allegations of police misuse of force, a Chicago officer early on Saturday shot and killed a male college student and a mother of five, both black, and the police department later said the woman’s death was bot…
Wildfire burns 1,200 acres outside Los Angeles, closes highway
VENTURA, Calif. (Reuters) – Firefighters on Saturday gained the upper hand on a wildfire northwest of Los Angeles that burned about 1,240 acres of land, forced the closure of parts of a major highway and led to evacuations, fire officials said.
Four killed in storm-related incident in Texas: newspaper
DALLAS (Reuters) – Four people died in a storm-related incident in Texas near where a tornado touched down on Saturday, bringing the death toll from tornadoes and flooding this week in the southern United States to 22, according to officials and local …
One killed in shooting at Detroit-area mall
(Reuters) – One person was fatally wounded in a shooting at a Detroit-area mall on Saturday and a suspect had been taken into custody, police said.
Chicago police officer shoots, kills man and woman
CHICAGO (Reuters) – In a city troubled by allegations of police misuse of force, a Chicago police officer shot and killed a male college student and a mother of five, both black, early on Saturday morning, and police shot another person at a separate l…
Tornado causes damage, injures three in Birmingham, Alabama
(Reuters) – A tornado struck Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday, damaging houses, uprooting trees and injuring at least three people in the state’s largest city, law enforcement and weather officials said.
California wildfire burns 1,200 acres northwest of Los Angeles, closes highway
VENTURA, Calif. (Reuters) – A wildfire northwest of Los Angeles burned about 1,200 acres of land, forced the closure of parts of a major highway and led to evacuations on Saturday, fire officials said.
