Kentucky prosecutor withdraws effort to bar judge from criminal cases
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A white Louisville prosecutor has agreed to withdraw his motion to remove a black judge who had criticized him from trying criminal cases after the parties reached an agreement through mediation, the state said on Saturday.
No indication California shooters were part of organized group: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s team has not yet found evidence that the shooters in the California shooting were part of an organized group or a broader terrorist cell, the White House said in a statement.
Pakistani in California shooting became hardline in Saudi Arabia: relatives
KAROR LAL ESAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – The estranged relatives of Tashfeen Malik, a Pakistani woman accused of shooting dead 14 people in California, say she and her father seem to have abandoned the family’s moderate Islam and became more radicalized during years they spent in Saudi Arabia.
Obama says ‘we will not be terrorized’ after California shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Saturday that federal investigators would find out what motivated a married couple in California to shoot and kill 14 people, and he asked Americans to stand united after the attacks.
Univision asks court to dismiss Trump’s $500 million Miss USA lawsuit
(Reuters) – Univision has asked a U.S. federal court to throw out a $500 million lawsuit filed by presidential candidate Donald Trump for the Spanish-language television network’s decision to end its contract to broadcast the Miss USA beauty pageant, w…
Nebraska governor suspends efforts to buy lethal injection drugs
(Reuters) – The governor of Nebraska said the state will stop trying to acquire lethal injection drugs or carry out executions until after a statewide vote on capital punishment in November 2016.
Chicago police account of 2014 shooting differs from video: newspaper
(Reuters) – A freshly released Chicago police account from the time of a white officer’s 2014 shooting of a black teenager provides a description at odds with a dashboard video, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Islamic State broadcast says followers of the group carried out California attacks
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State said in an online radio broadcast on Saturday that two followers of the Islamist militant group had carried out Wednesday’s attack on a social services agency party in California where 14 people were killed.
FBI investigating California massacre as ‘act of terrorism’
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI is investigating the fatal shooting of 14 people in California by a married couple as an “act of terrorism,” officials said on Friday, noting the wife was believed to have pledged allegiance to a le…
Seattle man arrested for trying to snort cocaine during traffic stop
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A 73-year-old man who had been pulled over for driving without his headlights was arrested by a Seattle police officer after he tried to snort cocaine in front of the stunned patrolman, authorities said on Friday.
