One dead as fight leads to fatal shooting at North Carolina mall
(Reuters) – An armed 18-year-old man in a fight inside a mall packed with Christmas shoppers in Charlotte, North Carolina, was shot by an off-duty officer working security and died at the scene on Thursday, police said.
Arizona man indicted in ‘Draw Mohammed’ event hit with new charges
(Reuters) – An Arizona man already accused of aiding two gunmen in an attack on an event in Texas drawing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed had also inquired about using pipe bombs and explosives during the 2015 Super Bowl in Phoenix, court documents sa…
Cleanup begins from Southern U.S. storms that left 14 dead
(Reuters) – Recovery crews and utility workers began cleaning up widespread damage on Thursday left by severe storms that spawned tornadoes across six states in the U.S. South and Midwest, killing at least 14 people and destroying scores of homes.
Federal government clears Santa Claus and reindeer to enter U.S.
DENVER (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted a first-of-its kind Christmas Eve waiver for a herd of reindeer to enter the United States, bypassing the agency’s usually stringent requirements on the importation of livestock.
One dead as fight leads to fatal shooting at North Carolina mall
(Reuters) – An armed male in a fight inside a mall packed with Christmas shoppers in Charlotte, North Carolina, was shot by an off-duty officer working security and died at the scene on Thursday, police said.
U.S. plans raids to deport families who surged across border: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has begun preparing for a series of raids that would target for deportation hundreds of families who have flocked to the United States since the start of last year, The Washington Post rep…
New York spends Christmas Eve in T-shirts, ice-skating puddles
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Yorker Tyler Hickey usually spends Christmas Eve snowboarding on the nearest mountain. This year, he’s in a T-shirt and jeans while traversing Manhattan’s Bryant Park ice skating rink, which is melting into patchy puddles in re…
Storms in U.S. South kill 11, Mississippi declares emergency
(Reuters) – Southern U.S. states began digging out on Thursday after severe storms killed at least 11 people, and Mississippi declared a state of emergency in areas pounded by tornadoes.
Protesters march into San Francisco City Hall over police killing
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dozens of people marched into San Francisco’s City Hall on Thursday, protesting the police killing of a black man earlier this month and demanding the firing of the city’s police chief, according to local media reports.
Democratic presidential candidates blast U.S. plan to deport families
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Thursday came under fire from Democratic presidential candidates and human rights groups for plans to intensify deportations of Central American migrants by rounding up undocumented families.
