Chicago charges officer in black teen’s death, releases video of shooting
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A white Chicago policeman was charged on Tuesday with murdering a black teenager, a prosecution that was speeded up in hopes of staving off a fresh burst of the turmoil over race and police use of deadly force that has shaken the Un…
Five charged in $600 million California health care fraud scheme
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The former chief financial officer of a California hospital and four other people have been charged in a series of health care kickback schemes that generated nearly $600 million in fraudulent billings for spinal surgeries, pros…
Arkansas parents charged with manslaughter after two-year-old son shoots himself
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas couple has been charged with manslaughter after their 2-year-year old son accidentally shot himself with a .45 caliber pistol and died of a wound to his head, authorities said on Tuesday.
CDC says at least 19 E. coli infections linked to Costco chicken salad
(Reuters) – At least 19 people in seven states may have been infected by E. coli after eating rotisserie chicken salad sold at Costco Wholesale Corp’s stores, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
Seven charged in fatal beating of teen at upstate New York church
ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – Seven people were criminally charged on Tuesday for their alleged role in the fatal October beating of a teenager during a counseling session at an upstate New York church.
Minneapolis police arrest two in shooting of Black Lives Matter protesters
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Minneapolis police said on Tuesday they have arrested a 23-year-old white man and a 32-year-old Hispanic man over the shooting of five people near a city police station where demonstrators have gathered for more than a week to p…
U.S. consumers and stores face off over depth of holiday discounts
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Target Corp’s 10 percent discount on a $30.49 pair of embroidered curtains was not nearly enough to entice Valerie Jenkins, shopping in Chicago the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Embezzled utility payments leave some Oklahomans in the dark
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – Some residents of a southern Oklahoma town were without electricity on Tuesday because of an embezzlement scandal that has played havoc with municipal finances and left power bills unpaid.
Son of Kentucky murder suspect arrested for threatening police
(Reuters) – A 20-year-old man was arrested in Tennessee on charges of threatening the Scottsville, Kentucky, police department over their case against his father who is charged with the murder of a 7-year-old girl, police said.
Man charged with killing California artist as he worked on mural
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California man accused of shooting an artist to death while the man worked on a mural under a freeway in the Bay Area city of Oakland was charged with murder on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
