L.A. to pay $2.85 million for black man’s death in police custody
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Attorneys for the city of Los Angeles have agreed to pay $2.85 million to the family of a black grandfather who died in police custody after being shot with an electric stun gun and placed in a choke hold, according to court rec…
Pilot falls ill, dies on American flight from Phoenix to Boston
(Reuters) – A pilot fell ill and died on an American Airlines flight headed to Boston from Phoenix on Monday and the copilot landed the plane safely in Syracuse, New York, airline and police officials said.
Two arrested in Arkansas for threatening attacks at schools
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A 14-year-old Arkansas junior high school student suspected of posting a warning on social media that he would “shoot up” a school near his home was charged on Monday with first-degree terroristic threatening, police said….
Philadelphia woman who kidnapped child given 40 years to life
(Reuters) – A woman who wore traditional Muslim dress to pose as the mother of a 5-year-old girl so she could take the child from a Philadelphia school and sexually assault her was sentenced on Monday to 40 years to life in prison, prosecutors said.
Supreme Court opens new term, with major cases brewing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With cases over affirmative action, voting rights and other contentious issues waiting in the wings, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opened its new term as the nine justices took to the bench for the first time since a flurry of…
Trial begins of deputies, nurse in Georgia jail death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Monday in the criminal trial of two former deputies and a jail nurse in the death of a restrained Nigerian college student in a Savannah, Georgia jail cell.
Clinton unveils gun control plan during Monday campaign stop
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Monday that, if elected, she would use the power of her office to curb gun violence if necessary.
Supreme Court denies appeal seeking return of Jim Thorpe’s remains
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a Native American nation and legendary athlete Jim Thorpe’s surviving sons to have his remains moved from Pennsylvania to tribal lands in his home state of Oklahoma.
Weapons common on Oregon college campus despite ‘gun-free zone’
ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) – When a gunman killed eight students and a teacher at an Oregon college last week, he also revived a debate on the need to change firearm laws and whether the school’s “gun-free zone” policy only made it easier for him.
South Carolina hit by torrential rainfall, eight dead
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Torrential rainfall that South Carolina’s governor called a once-in-a-millennium downpour triggered flooding in the southeastern U.S. state on Sunday, causing at least eight deaths in the Carolinas.
