Armed suspect taken into custody at Arkansas State University
(Reuters) – An armed man crashed a pickup truck on the campus of Arkansas State University on Thursday and was taken into custody by police after a standoff lasting about an hour, school officials and law enforcement said, adding no one was injured.
Sept. 11 suspects’ objections to female guards bid to stall trial: U.S. officer
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – Prisoners’ religious objections to being touched by female guards at Guantanamo Bay are an attempt to stall proceedings in the death penalty trial for five Sept. 11 suspects, a U.S. military commander testified on Thursday.
Connecticut to ban gun sales to people on watch lists: governor
(Reuters) – Connecticut would become the first U.S. state to ban the sale of guns to people on government watch lists under an executive order that Governor Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, said on Thursday he will sign.
New Jersey man pleads guilty to conspiring to support Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey man pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to support Islamic State, the latest conviction in a series of U.S. prosecutions against so-called “lone wolf” sympathizers of the militants who control parts of Iraq and Sy…
U.S. Northwest hit by more storms after flooding, power outages
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Residents of the U.S. Pacific Northwest were hit by fresh storms on Thursday after the region received record-breaking rainfall that left two dead in Oregon and triggered widespread flooding, landslides, road closures and power cuts…
South Carolina’s Citadel to suspend cadets over KKK-like hoods
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The Citadel military college said on Thursday it was suspending cadets who were seen in photographs posted on social media wearing pointed white pillowcases that resembled hoods worn by the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan.
Trial witness says Baltimore policeman acted reasonably
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – An expert on police procedure testified on Thursday in the trial of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of a detainee that the officer acted reasonably in failing to call for medical aid or secure the man in a police v…
N.C. man dies in police custody after officer uses pepper spray
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A 31-year-old man has died in North Carolina after an arrest attempt involving pepper spray, police said on Thursday, prompting a state investigation and the placement of four officers on administrative duty.
Tunnel replacement in trans-Hudson rail project could cost $10 billion
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The tunnel replacement portion of the Gateway trans-Hudson River project could cost $10 billion, according to early estimates, Patrick Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said at a board m…
University of Texas panel recommends allowing guns in classrooms
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A University of Texas advisory committee has reluctantly recommended allowing handguns in classrooms when a state law goes into effect next year, saying on Thursday it cannot bar the firearms under the state measure.
