Ohio pay-to-stay prisons saddle poor inmates with debt: ACLU
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio’s prison system pushes low-income offenders deeper into poverty by charging fees for their jail time, saddling inmates with debts as high as $35,000, according to a report released on Monday by the American Civil Liberties Un…
Magnitude 6.2 quake hits Alaska’s Aleutian Islands: USGS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit near Alaska’s Atka Island, part of the state’s chain of Aleutian Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Monday.
One dead, two wounded in shooting at Manhattan’s Penn Station
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 43-year-old man was killed and two men, aged 45 and 48, were wounded in a shooting early Monday at an entrance to New York City’s Penn Station transportation hub in Manhattan, police said.
Carson endorses statehood for Puerto Rico at island rally
FAJARDO, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson endorsed U.S. statehood for Puerto Rico on Sunday, citing its “very strategic” location for military defense. 
U.S. Supreme Court rejects cellphone search warrant case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a test case on privacy in the digital age on Monday, declining to decide whether police need to obtain search warrants to examine cellphone location information held by wireless carriers.
University of Missouri black football players pledge boycott over racism concerns
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – Black players on the University of Missouri football team say they will boycott practices, meetings and games until the university dismisses its president or he quits, contending he has not responded adequately to concerns …
Four dead, eight critically injured in fiery Maryland crash
(Reuters) – Four people died and 14 others were injured in a fiery three-vehicle crash in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., Sunday evening authorities said.
Trial to pit San Francisco gangster ‘Shrimp Boy’ against Feds
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A man accused of being the boss of a Chinese-American organized crime gang will face a U.S. jury on Monday in a wide ranging federal sting dubbed “Operation White Suit,” which included accusations of gangland murder.
Homes evacuated as second train in two days derails in Wisconsin
(Reuters) – A Canadian Pacific freight train carrying crude oil through Wisconsin derailed on Sunday, knocking 13 cars off the tracks, spilling oil and leading 35 homes to be evacuated, in the state’s second derailment in two days.
Mississippi parking lot cave-in swallows 12 vehicles
(Reuters) – Twelve vehicles were swallowed when a 400-foot-long section of an outdoor parking lot caved in outside a Mississippi pancake house that had only been open for a few days, the Meridian Star newspaper reported, citing local officials.
