Chicago mayor plots changes to police policy after deadly shootings
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago police will get new equipment and training to help them defuse tense situations and limit their use of lethal force, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Wednesday, following weeks of protests calling for him to resign over his handli…
Cleveland activists oppose re-election of prosecutor in Tamir Rice shooting
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – African-American leaders in Cleveland on Wednesday called for voters to reject the county prosecutor’s bid for re-election next year after he recommended that police officers face no charges in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Ta…
Texas ‘affluenza’ teen and his mother block extradition from Mexico
FORT WORTH/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Texas teenager, scorned for his “affluenza” defense in a deadly car crash, and his mother won a delay in extradition from Mexico on Wednesday where they fled as U.S. authorities investigated whether he had violated …
No charges for Colorado police officer who fatally shot fugitive
DENVER (Reuters) – A grand jury in Colorado has declined to bring charges against a white Denver-area police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black fugitive parolee who was wanted on suspicion of kidnapping and assault, prosecutors said on Wednesday…
Man arrested on suspicion of setting fire to Houston mosque
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A 37-year-old man has been taken into custody and charged with arson for starting a fire on Christmas day at a Houston mosque at which he has been a member, officials said on Wednesday.
Woman who plowed car into Las Vegas crowd had used marijuana: prosecutor
(Reuters) – An Oregon woman charged with murder for plowing her car into a crowd on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk, killing one person and injuring dozens of others, had marijuana in her system following the incident, county officials said on Wednesday.
Puerto Rico to default on some debts, will pay GO debt
NEW YORK/SAN JUAN (Reuters) – Puerto Rico will skip payments on some of its debt due Jan. 4, the island’s second default this year, but will remain current on its most important debt, Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla said on Wednesday.
Michigan governor apologizes for state’s handling of Flint’s water
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan’s governor apologized on Tuesday for the state’s mishandling of lead contamination in the city of Flint’s water supply and accepted the resignation of the state official whose department was responsible.
Republicans come up short in search for diverse voters in 2016 election
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ten months before the United States elects a new president, the Republican Party has yet to resolve a problem that its leaders said contributed to Mitt Romney’s 2012 loss to Barack Obama: a lack of support among Hispanic and younger voters.
Five killed in wrong-way crash on Florida highway
(Reuters) – Five people died in a head-on crash near Miami early on Wednesday when a woman drove a pickup truck the wrong way on Interstate 95, a highway patrol spokesman said.
