Boston police blow up suspicious suitcase, no threat found
BOSTON (Reuters) – Police blew up an unattended suitcase found near a U.S. Coast Guard facility in Boston on Friday, but later determined it posed no threat, Police Commissioner William Evans said.
Blizzardy Buffalo turns balmy, breaks 116-year record for no snow
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The notoriously snowy city of Buffalo, which was buried under nearly seven feet of powder in a single storm by this time last fall, on Friday broke a 116-year-old record for its longest period without measurable snow, meteorologist…
Prosecutors weigh charges in South Carolina slain motorist case: lawyers
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The Justice Department is considering filing federal charges against a white former police officer charged by South Carolina prosecutors with killing an unarmed black man who ran from a traffic stop, lawyers in the state ca…
Texas drops request for restraining order to halt Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON/AUSTIN (Reuters) – Texas on Friday withdrew its request for a temporary restraining order to prevent the imminent resettlement of 21 Syrian refugees into the state, saying the U.S. government had provided it with the information it sought on…
New Mexico police say million-dollar jewel thief was on probation
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) – The prime suspect in a $1.3 million jewel heist during a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony at a fashionable New Mexico plaza a week ago has been identified and was on probation for committing a similar crime last year, poli…
Lured by low pump prices, U.S. motorists care less about fuel efficiency
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The average fuel economy of new cars sold in the U.S. in November dropped by 0.1 mile per gallon, continuing a trend that began in August of last year when pump prices began to fall, according to new data by the University of Michi…
No charges for California officer in beating of black woman
(Reuters) – Los Angeles prosecutors have declined to file criminal charges against a former California Highway Patrol officer who was caught in a cell phone video beating a black, mentally ill, homeless woman beside a freeway last year, officials said….
U.S. embassy warns of possible ‘terrorism’ attacks in Nigeria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria said on Friday it had received information that groups “associated with terrorism” may be planning attacks against hotels in the country that are frequented by Westerners.
Protest in San Francisco over black man killed by police: reports
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters rallied in San Francisco on Thursday night in response to the videotaped police killing of a black man who authorities said was a suspect in a stabbing before being shot dead by several officers, local m…
Missouri cities sue over county control of police standards
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Three Missouri cities have sued St. Louis County to try to block a new law that requires minimum policing standards, saying it interferes with their rights to control their own departments, a representative for a municipal group s…
