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Arrest warrant withdrawn for Alabama city councilor who got in fight with mayor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councilor in Birmingham, Alabama, who was involved in a fight with the mayor that sent both men to the hospital was withdrawn on Wednesday, officials said.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.
California shooter was not fully investigated before U.S. visa was issued
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities in Pakistan could have sought – but did not – a full background security investigation of San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik before granting her a visa to enter the United States in 2014, according to a U.S. o…
Racism, misconduct plague California prison, report finds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A remote California prison has a culture of racism and abuse that is exacerbated by a code of silence among its guards and staff, the state’s inspector general said Wednesday.
Warrant out for ‘affluenza’ Texas teen for suspected probation violation
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – A warrant has been issued for a Texas teenager, described at trial as afflicted with “affluenza,” for suspected violation of the terms of the probation deal that kept him out of prison after he killed four people in a drun…
Baltimore on edge after hung jury in policeman’s manslaughter trial
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A mistrial was declared on Wednesday in the case of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man whose killing while in custody sparked riots in April, and the city’s mayor urged calm.
