Texas governor seeks more border security help
DALLAS (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked the federal government on Wednesday for more law enforcement help to manage another large influx of people crossing the Mexico border illegally.
Oklahoma sheriff to resign after indictments linked to fatal shooting
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz said on Wednesday he plans to resign after a grand jury recommended his removal and indicted him on two misdemeanors in an investigation spurred by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man b…
U.S. Secret Service combed files of lawmaker probing agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dozens of U.S. Secret Service employees earlier this year combed the files of a House lawmaker who had been critical of security lapses at the agency and disclosed some of his personal information that was then published in the m…
Oklahoma governor grants last-minute stay of execution after drug mix-up
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s governor granted a last-minute stay of execution on Wednesday to an inmate convicted of hiring a hit man, saying the state needed time to determine if one of three drugs it planned to use complies with its court-app…
Murder trial begins for contractor in Philadelphia building collapse
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A contractor on trial for murder for his role in the demolition of a Philadelphia building that triggered a neighboring store’s collapse and killed six people in 2013 operated out of greed at the cost of safety, prosecutors arg…
U.S. appeals court grapples with computer seizure case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday appeared skeptical of the government’s assertion that it can seize computer records as part of a criminal investigation, hold them for years and then later search them to pursue an entirely differe…
Police officer shot dead in struggle at South Carolina mall
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina police officer was fatally shot at a mall on Wednesday during a struggle with a knife-wielding gunman, a law enforcement official said.
Congress averts government shutdown, sends funding measure to Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ending weeks of infighting, the U.S. Congress on Wednesday voted to avert a government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline, passing a stop-gap measure to extend funding for federal agencies until Dec. 11.
Pope’s meeting with Kentucky clerk divides public after U.S. visit
(Reuters) – A Kentucky county clerk who had been jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples secretly met Pope Francis in a move that disappointed many liberal Catholics and encouraged officials who support her stance.
Virginia man charged in students’ deaths waives right to speedy trial
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – A Virginia man charged with abducting and killing university student Hannah Graham waived his right to a speedy trial on Wednesday in a second murder case involving a female student.
