Texas man faces arrest for lying about razor in Halloween candy: police
DALLAS (Reuters) – Fort Worth police issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for a man who confessed to making a false claim that a neighbor put a razor blade in his 4-year-old son’s Halloween treat.
Black motorist beaten by Michigan ex-policeman says feared for his life
DETROIT (Reuters) – A black motorist shown in a videotape being beaten by a former suburban Detroit policeman in January during a traffic stop said on Thursday that he thought Officer William Melendez was trying to kill him.
U.S. House slashes proposed spending increases for auto safety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Despite public outrage over deadly auto defects including faulty ignition switches and air bags inflators, the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to slash proposed spending increases for vehicle safety including defe…
Kansas teen eleventh U.S. high school football fatality since July
(Reuters) – A high school football player from western Kansas who collapsed on the sidelines during a playoff game has died, becoming the 11th confirmed U.S. high school football fatality since July, his family and researchers said.
Number of confirmed E. coli cases linked to Chipotle rises to 40
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The number of confirmed E. coli food poisoning cases linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc restaurants in Washington state and Oregon rose to 40 on Thursday, as health safety officials continued searching for the source of the co…
Fewer lawsuits filed against N.Y. police, official says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Legal claims against the New York City Police Department for misconduct, civil rights violations and injuries fell 11.6 percent from mid-2014 to mid-2015, reversing a decade-long trend that had seen more than a 70 percent rise, a c…
New NSA domestic spy program too clumsy to use: U.S. senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new, more limited system for monitoring Americans’ phone calls for signs of terrorist intent is so slow and cumbersome that the U.S. National Security Agency will likely never use it, a senior Senate Republican said.
California high school students walk out over racist post probed as hate crime
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Hundreds of high-school students, some chanting “Black Lives Matter,” walked out of school in Berkeley, California, on Thursday and marched to a nearby campus to protest a threatening and racist message left on a school com…
Historic items reported unearthed by record South Carolina rains
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A number of rare and historic artifacts appear to have been unearthed after record rainfall in South Carolina last month, including pottery, boats and a possible mammoth skeleton, archaeologists said on Thursday.
Philadelphia woman sentenced to life for imprisoning disabled
(Reuters) – A Philadelphia woman was sentenced on Thursday to life plus 80 years in prison in a fraud scheme that involved kidnapping and imprisoning mentally disabled people in basements and closets, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
