Exclusive: California shooters likely planned multiple attacks – official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators are increasingly convinced the California shooters planned multiple attacks, given their stockpile of weapons, and are looking at whether the Pakistani woman involved radicalized her American husband, officials…
Justice Department to investigate Chicago police: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department will open an investigation into the Chicago Police Department after protests over how it handled the case of a black teenager shot by a white police officer, a person familiar with the matter said on S…
U.S. state Delaware moves to apologize for its role in slavery
(Reuters) – Delaware Governor Jack Markell, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery in the United States, announced on Sunday a resolution to officially apologize for his state’s role in slavery.
Former President Jimmy Carter says cancer gone from brain
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivered an unexpected message on Sunday to the several hundred people gathered at a Baptist church in Georgia for his Bible lesson – his latest brain scan showed no sign of cancer.
Shootings sharpen debate on U.S. electronic surveillance powers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The San Bernardino shootings are reviving a debate about Washington’s digital surveillance effort to find and capture violent extremists, with the recent shutdown of a U.S. cellphone spying program coming under renewed criticism.
Obama to discuss security, Islamic State after California attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will tell Americans on Sunday what the government is doing to keep them safe following the mass killing by a couple in California last week that is being investigated as an act of terrorism, but no major sh…
Obama to make forceful pledge of U.S. power against Islamic State in address
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will pledge to use “every single aspect of American power” to destroy Islamic State during a rare Oval Office address on Sunday in an effort to reassure Americans his administration is handling the threat o…
Trial nears end of Oklahoma ex-policeman accused of rape while on duty
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Closing arguments are planned for Monday in the trial of a former Oklahoma City police officer accused of raping and sexually assaulting 13 women while on duty, threatening many with arrests if they did not perform sexual acts…
U.S. top court revisits affirmative action in university admissions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will again take up the highly charged question of race in admissions to public universities, hearing arguments for the second time from a white woman who claimed that a University of Texas poli…
Baltimore officer’s knowledge at heart of Freddie Gray trial
(Reuters) – The trial of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of a black man from injuries suffered in custody is likely to focus on the officer’s medical expertise, the victim’s history of claiming injury and even how closely the officer re…
