Online holiday package tsunami swamping U.S. apartment buildings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the holiday shopping season peaks, U.S. apartment complexes are being flooded with packages, from HD televisions to children’s scooters, inundating lobbies and forcing building managers to take measures to extremes.
L.A. County sheriff vows thorough probe into shooting of black man
(Reuters) – The Los Angeles County sheriff vowed on Sunday to thoroughly investigate the fatal shooting of a black man by policemen who said the suspect refused to drop his weapon, after a video posted online appeared to show him crawling away.
One dead, three hurt in shooting outside L.A. hotel
(Reuters) – One person died and three others were injured in a shooting in front of a downtown Los Angeles hotel early on Sunday morning, police said.
FBI wraps up search of California lake for shooting clues
(Reuters) – FBI divers have wrapped up a three-day search of a lakebed where authorities suspect a couple inspired by Islamic State dumped evidence linked to their massacre of 14 people, an official said on Sunday, adding that the team retrieved some o…
North Texas college student with axe shot dead by police
(Reuters) – A police officer at the University of North Texas shot and killed an axe-wielding student suspected of knocking out car windows early on Sunday morning, the school’s president said.
New York attorney general solicits help from the public in broadband probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman invited the public on Sunday to test the speed of their Internet and submit the results online as part of an ongoing probe into whether large providers may be short-changing customers w…
Muslim Americans struggle with fallout from San Bernardino attack
CORONA, Calif. (Reuters) – With tears in her eyes, Mohammad Halisi’s young daughter asked her father “Why are we bad?” after seeing reports that a Muslim couple killed 14 people in California last week, and wanted to know whether she should hide the fa…
Suspect arrested for arson, hate crime in California mosque fire
COACHELLA, Calif. (Reuters) – Police have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of setting a fire at a Southern California mosque in a hate attack, following the massacre of 14 people in San Bernardino by a Muslim couple in what the FBI is treating as a…
Trump’s name restored at Dubai golf complex
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Dubai real estate firm has restored Donald Trump’s name on a $6 billion golf complex it is building with the U.S. businessman and presidential hopeful, days after taking it down following his proposal to ban Muslims from entering th…
Armed man shot in Pennsylvania Walmart: reports
(Reuters) – A man armed with handguns and a rifle was shot on Saturday night as he wielded the weapons inside a Pennsylvania Walmart, according to media reports.
