New York has enough power for winter 2015-16: NYISO
(Reuters) – New York’s electricity system has the capacity to meet demand for power through the 2015-16 winter season, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) said in a statement on Thursday.
Oklahoma mother arrested for starving five-year-old daughter
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – An Oklahoma woman was arrested for suspected child abuse after doctors treating her 5-year-old daughter over the weekend reported that the child weighed 19 pounds and was severely malnourished, police said on Thursday.
Police clear encampment protesting Minneapolis police shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Minneapolis police early on Thursday cleared an encampment protesters set up outside a police station following the mid-November fatal shooting of a black man by an officer, police said.
U.S. charges Texas city with discriminatory police hire practices
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Lubbock alleging that the Texas city has engaged in a pattern of discriminatory hiring practices in its police department, which have hurt Hispanics and women, it said on…
FBI searches Miami office of company tied to Spain’s Imagina: source
MIAMI (Reuters) – FBI agents are searching the Miami office of Media World, an affiliate of Spanish media giant Imagina Group, as U.S. authorities prepare to disclose a second wave of charges tied to the business of soccer, a source familiar with the m…
Deal reached on locker room access for Illinois transgender student
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A suburban Chicago school district said on Thursday it reached a deal with the U.S. government over locker room access for a transgender student, but the civil rights group representing the student said the agreement fell short of i…
U.S. appeals court clears New York’s ‘cannibal cop’ of all charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s so-called “Cannibal Cop” was cleared of all charges by a divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday, more than two years after a jury convicted him of plotting to kill and eat women.
N.J. legislature to vote on overriding Christie gun control veto
(Reuters) – The New Jersey General Assembly is expected to vote on Thursday on whether to override Governor Chris Christie’s veto of a gun safety bill, in what could be the first time the state’s legislature has overturned a veto since he took office i…
Texas sues U.S., relief agency, to block Syrian refugees
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas state agency sued the U.S. State Department, a relief agency and others in federal court on Wednesday, seeking to block the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the state just ahead of a plan to bring a new group of Syri…
Baltimore police trial heads into second day of testimony
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – The trial of a Baltimore police officer for the death of a black man from an injury while in custody heads into a second day of testimony on Thursday, with prosecutors saying the officer ignored the man’s pleas for medical aid.
