Disney, other U.S. theme parks boost security screenings: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Major U.S. theme parks in Florida and California, including Disney, SeaWorld and Universal Studios, are implementing additional security measures to screen visitors, Hearst’s Orlando, Florida-based WESH-TV reported.
Georgia mayor died from self-inflicted shot, autopsy shows
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An autopsy indicates that the mayor of a small city in northern Georgia killed himself earlier this week after a dispute with his wife, investigators said on Thursday.
Amid chronic U.S. homelessness, Northwest backs ‘tent cities’
SEATTLE (Reuters) – For years, Jammie Nichols struggled with a drug habit that left the Florida mother reeling from blackouts, seizures, depression and poverty – and a decision to give one of her children up for adoption.
California theater actor convicted of killing veteran, friend
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California community theater actor was found guilty on Wednesday of killing his neighbor in a plot to drain his bank account, then slaying the man’s friend to try and cover up the crime, according to court records and media re…
Houston, Miami schools receive threat of violence, campuses to remain open
(Reuters) – School districts in Houston and Miami said on Wednesday they had received threats of violence similar to those made against schools in New York City and Los Angeles this week, but there were no plans to cancel class.
Pentagon chief Carter used personal email account at times, has stopped: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter used a personal email account for some work-related business earlier this year at the Pentagon, although he has since stopped such use of his personal email, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
Arrest warrant withdrawn for Alabama city councilor who got in fight with mayor
(Reuters) – An arrest warrant for a city councilor in Birmingham, Alabama, who was involved in a fight with the mayor that sent both men to the hospital was withdrawn on Wednesday, officials said.
Los Angeles schools reopen after threat prompted closure
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Public schools in Los Angeles reopened on Wednesday, a day after local officials canceled classes for all 640,000 students in the nation’s second-largest school district over a threatened attack with bombs and guns that was late…
Man pleads not guilty to arson, hate crime at California mosque
(Reuters) – 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 by a Muslim couple pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, officials said.
Two Seattle-area students charged with making lynching threat
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Two Seattle-area teenagers were arraigned on Wednesday on felony hate crime charges of making racist online threats against black students at their high school, including talk of “lynching,” police said.
