Man charged with scaling White House fence to undergo psychiatric exam
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Connecticut man charged with scaling the White House fence draped in the U.S. flag was ordered on Friday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after officials say they found a suicide note and will.
At least nine injured by gunman at Colorado abortion clinic
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – Police engaged in a shootout on Friday with a gunman who stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs in a burst of violence that left four officers and an undetermined number of civilians injured…
Bond denied for man charged in murder of Chicago nine-year-old: prosecutor
(Reuters) – Bond was denied on Friday to the man charged with murdering a 9-year-old Chicago boy, who was shot earlier this month in an apparent case of gang-related retaliation, the Office of the State’s Attorney for Cook County, Illinois said.
‘Black Friday’ protest of police shooting shuts main Chicago shopping street
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Thousands of people marched on Chicago’s most prestigious shopping street on Friday, disrupting business on one of the busiest U.S. retail days, to protest the shooting death of a black teenager by a white policeman and the city’s h…
Chicago police charge man in gang-related killing of nine-year-old
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A man has been arrested and charged in the gang-related murder of a 9-year-old boy who was lured from a park into an alley earlier this month and shot several times, Chicago Police said on Friday.
Ice, snow and rain pound central U.S., at least three dead, one missing
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – At least three people were killed and another missing in Texas after being caught in high waters caused by a storm system that brought snow, ice and torrential rain to an area stretching from New Mexico to Illinois, officials …
Oklahoma hospital will not charge homecoming crash victims for ER treatment
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – The Oklahoma hospital that treated about 40 people after a woman driving a vehicle plowed into a crowd at a university homecoming parade last month will not bill the patients for their initial treatment, hospital officials said…
NSA to shut down bulk phone surveillance program by Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency will end its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans’ phone records by Sunday and replace the practice with more tightly targeted surveillance methods, the Obama administration said on Friday.
Poland’s decision not to extradite Polanski confirmed after appeal ruled out
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – A Polish court’s decision to deny the extradition of film-maker Roman Polanski to the United States over a 1977 child sex conviction became legally binding on Friday after an appellate prosecutor’s office said it found no jus…
One killed, several injured in hit-and-run crash in New York City
(Reuters) – One person was killed and several people were injured on a busy New York City street on Thursday when a hit-and-run driver struck a pedestrian before driving away and crashing into parked cars, police said.
