NBA players star in anti-gun violence television campaign
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. basketball stars will speak out against gun violence in a television campaign beginning on Christmas that thrusts the National Basketball Association into one of the biggest controversies of American politics.
Texas to cut HIV prevention funds to Planned Parenthood facility
DALLAS (Reuters) – The Texas health department is cutting off federal funding to a Houston Planned Parenthood affiliate for a nearly three-decade old HIV prevention program, officials said on Wednesday.
Missouri meth couple charged in child’s death in overheated room
(Reuters) – A Missouri couple that made and used methamphetamine in their home has been charged in the death of a 2-year-old boy abandoned in an overheated room, according to court documents.
Driver who plowed into Las Vegas crowd makes first court appearance
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – An Oregon woman accused of plowing her car into a crowd on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk, killing one person and injuring dozens of others, showed little emotion as she made her first court appearance on Wednesday to face charges inc…
U.S. says eighth U.S. death linked to Takata airbag rupture
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday that an eighth U.S. death is linked to a faulty Takata airbag inflator, marking the first reported death since April and the ninth worldwide.
Arkansas woman killed by uprooted tree that crashed into her house
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An 18-year-old Arkansas woman was killed and a toddler was injured on Wednesday when a tree crashed into her house after being uprooted by powerful winds during a storm, emergency officials said.
Chicago police officer says dead man’s mother made threats
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago police officer who was sued over the killing of a black man in 2014 has asked a federal judge to sanction the man’s mother for making threats against him and his family, a court document said.
Death of Florida woman probed after her removal from hospital
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The death of a black woman who was forcibly removed by a police officer from a Florida hospital where she had sought treatment is under investigation by state and local authorities, the chief of police in Blountstown, Florida, s…
Ohio teenager charged in connection with quadruple murder
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A 17-year-old man was charged in connection with the robbery and shooting of five people in a basement in Columbus that killed four and injured one this summer, county prosecutors said.
Kentucky governor orders clerks’ names removed from marriage licenses
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Kentucky’s new governor on Tuesday ordered county clerks’ names removed from state marriage license forms at the center of a controversy involving Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who was jailed after refusing to issue licenses…
