Alabama mayor, city councilor brawl ends in arrest warrant
(Reuters) – A backroom brawl erupted on Tuesday between the mayor of Alabama’s largest city and a city councilor, and ended with an arrest warrant being issued for the councilor after both politicians spent time in a hospital, officials said.
Indiana university gives second all clear after robberies
(Reuters) – An Indianapolis university lifted a second shelter-in-place warning after reports of several armed robberies led university officials to twice tell students on Tuesday to stay inside and lock their doors, according to the university’s Twitt…
Suspended U.N. diplomat cites immunity in U.S. bribe case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A suspended deputy U.N. ambassador from the Dominican Republic has asked a U.S. judge to dismiss an indictment accusing him of participating in a bribery scheme, saying he has diplomatic immunity.
Virginia detective sought in molestation case takes own life: police
(Reuters) – A Virginia police detective who served on a regional task force investigating crimes against children killed himself Tuesday morning as investigators sought to arrest him on molestation and solicitation charges with a minor, authorities sai…
Jury finds Massachusetts teen guilty in teacher’s 2013 murder
LOWELL, Mass. (Reuters) – A Massachusetts jury on Tuesday found a teenager guilty of raping and murdering a math teacher at his suburban high school in 2013, rejecting an insanity defense.
‘Suspicious item’ on Paris-Miami flight not a threat: officials
MIAMI (Reuters) – All passengers of an American Airlines jet were cleared and the plane released Tuesday evening after police determined that a suspicious item noticed during a flight from Paris did not pose a threat, a spokesman for Miami Internationa…
Brokerage employee gets three years in U.S. prison over Venezuelan bribes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Florida man who worked at a Wall Street brokerage was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday for participating in a massive scheme to bribe officials at Venezuelan state-owned development banks for trading business.
Gun and bomb attack threat closes Los Angeles schools in likely hoax
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles shut more than 1,000 public schools on Tuesday over a threatened attack with bombs and assault rifles, sending hundreds of thousands of students home as city leaders were criticized for overreacting to what federal o…
Seattle tour operator in deadly crash broke safety laws – state
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The operator of a fleet of amphibious tour buses involved in a crash in Seattle that left five foreign students dead violated safety regulations 442 times and could face penalties of as much as $1,000 per infraction, Washington stat…
Two Colorado girls, 16, detained over high school threat
DENVER (Reuters) – Two 16-year-old girls in Colorado have been detained on suspicion of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder following a threat to students and staff at a Denver-area high school, authorities said on Tuesday.
