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.
U.S. sentences Russian nuclear official to four years for bribe scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former nuclear official of Russia’s state-run enterprise Rosatom to 48 months in prison for his role in a scheme that awarded contracts to American companies in exchange for millions of dollars in bribes.
At American schools, security fears increasingly prompt evacuations
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – While the dramatic closure of the entire Los Angeles school district over a threatened attack grabbed national attention on Tuesday, similar fears are reverberating at schools across the country following a spate of mass shootin…
Indiana university gives all clear after armed robbery near campus
(Reuters) – An Indianapolis university has lifted a shelter-in-place warning on Tuesday more than an hour after a report that a man who had committed an armed robbery was running toward campus, according to the university’s Twitter feed.
U.S. treasure hunter sentenced to prison in case tied to missing gold coins
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – An Ohio treasure hunter who eluded authorities for more than two years and has refused to disclose the whereabouts of hundreds of gold coins his company recovered from an 1850s shipwreck was sentenced on Tuesday to two years …
Baltimore jury deadlocked in police officer’s trial
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A jury is deadlocked in the trial of police officer William Porter, charged in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams said on Tuesday.
No more jail time for cussing in front of kids in Michigan
DETROIT (Reuters) – It is no longer a crime punishable with jail time in Michigan to curse in front of women or children, or sing the national anthem out of tune.
Democrats say oil dispute holding up U.S. funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Talks among congressional leaders on a $1.15 trillion bill to keep the U.S. government funded were being held up by a dispute over energy policy with Republicans seeking to end an oil export ban and Democrats saying any such acti…
