Two St. Louis police officers cleared in fatal 2014 shooting
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Two white St. Louis police officers will not face charges for the 2014 shooting death of a 25-year-old black man who came toward them with a knife, the city prosecutor announced on Tuesday.
Los Angeles County OKs $6 million settlement in officer rape case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles County lawmakers on Tuesday approved a $6.15 million settlement in a civil lawsuit filed by a woman who was raped by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop in 2010, officials said.
Illinois bond sale drought hits schools, mass transit
ALGONQUIN, Ill. (Reuters) – District 300, Illinois’ sixth-largest public school system, has been waiting a decade for state dollars to complete a construction and improvement project that began with voter approval of $185 million of bonds in 2006.
Georgia prisoner charged in sheriff’s killing escapes in transit
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia prisoner charged with killing a sheriff escaped on Tuesday while being transported between jails, according to state law enforcement officials helping try to recapture him.
VW opposing UAW skilled trades worker vote at Tennessee plant
DETROIT (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG opposes a union representation vote by a small group of workers at the automaker’s sole U.S. vehicle assembly plant, according to a letter to Chattanooga, Tennessee, employees issued on Monday night.
California runner sues Nike after breaking leg on ‘dream run’
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – A Los Angeles distance runner who fell and broke her leg on a Nike Inc “dream run” adventure in Iceland has sued the sportswear maker for $1.3 million, claiming the run was unsafe, according to her lawsuit.
Man gets five-year sentence for attempted arson in Ferguson, Missouri
(Reuters) – A federal judge sentenced a St. Louis County man to five years in prison for trying to burn down a store in Ferguson, Missouri, during riots after a grand jury declined to charge a white officer who had killed an unarmed black 18-year-old.
U.S. justices skeptical of immigrant’s deportation appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned whether a legal immigrant from the Dominican Republic who pleaded guilty in New York to attempted arson in 1999 has grounds to appeal his threatened deportation.
Former Wal-Mart executive, three others hurt when plane parachutes onto Arkansas road
(Reuters) – A small airplane piloted by a former Wal-Mart Stores Inc executive parachuted onto a Fayetteville, Arkansas, street on Tuesday after encountering difficulty, injuring the three people on board and the driver of a pickup truck.
Four charged in rappelling protest at NFL game in North Carolina
(Reuters) – Four people have been charged after protesters rappelled from an overhang of a stadium in North Carolina during an NFL game to protest construction of a natural gas export project in Maryland, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Tuesday.
