Police arrest California university football player over shooting threat
(Reuters) – Authorities have arrested a freshman football player at a California university after he allegedly used social media to threaten gunfire on campus, the latest incident involving a student making violent threats on the smartphone “app” Yik Y…
U.S. and Japan’s Takata settle over air bags: Nikkei
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation and Takata Corp have settled a probe related to defective air bags, and the company will pay $70 million to regulators and car owners, Japan’s Nikkei financial newspaper reported, citing a source.
Accuser of NHL’s Kane no longer wants to cooperate in rape probe
(Reuters) – A woman who accused Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane of rape has told prosecutors that she no longer wants to cooperate in the investigation, five sources with knowledge of the case told The Buffalo News.
Robin Williams was ‘disintegrating’ before suicide, widow says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Comedian Robin Williams had been planning to undergo neurological testing the week before he committed suicide last year, and likely only had three years to live, his widow said on Tuesday.
U.S. orders girls’ locker room access for transgender Illinois student
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Monday found that a Chicago suburban high school district discriminated against a transgender student and gave the school a month to provide full access to girls’ locker rooms or lose federal funding.
Ohio voters to decide on legalizing recreational marijuana use
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio voters will decide on Tuesday whether to become the first U.S. Midwestern state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, although a rival ballot measure could kill the law before it takes effect.
After prison, former Bridgeport, Connecticut, mayor wants old job back
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Reuters) – A former three-term mayor of Connecticut’s largest city, who spent seven years in prison on a corruption conviction, will get a chance at winning his old job back in Tuesday’s election after a running a campaign in which h…
Yellowstone-area grizzlies no longer need protection, U.S. says
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Federal wildlife managers have determined that grizzly bear numbers in and around Yellowstone National Park have rebounded sufficiently to propose stripping the animals of U.S. Endangered Species Act protections in the months …
Pennsylvania officer who shot, killed prone suspect heads to trial
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – – Opening arguments are expected to begin on Tuesday in the murder trial of a Pennsylvania police officer who shot and killed a suspect last February as he lay face down in the snow, immobilized by a Taser charge.
Chicago boy, 9, fatally shot after gunfire erupts in street fight
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A 9-year-old boy was fatally shot in a Chicago neighborhood on Monday, apparently caught in the crossfire of a street fight, police said.
