Los Angeles street vendors call on mayor for legalization process
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles street vendors who sell food, trinkets, toys and other small items in parks and along sidewalks rallied outside City Hall on Thursday to demand a process for making their work legal.
South Korean attacker of U.S. ambassador jailed for 12 years
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean man who slashed the U.S. ambassador in the face with a fruit knife was jailed for 12 years on Friday after being found guilty of attempted murder.
One U.S. Marine killed, 18 injured in vehicle crash on California base
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – One U.S. Marine was killed and 18 others were injured on Thursday in a vehicle roll-over accident at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, a base spokeswoman said.
U.S., Israel weeks away from co-production deal for missile shield
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Israel are weeks away from reaching a draft agreement on a co-production of Israel’s air defense system called David’s Sling that the two countries jointly developed, the top U.S. missile defense officer tol…
Police focus on seizing guns to combat Chicago gang murders
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Two Cook County Sheriff’s officers reached under trash bins in an alley just before midnight in Chicago’s crime-heavy Austin neighborhood, looking for a hidden gun.
U.S. government blocks release of new CIA torture details
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. government officials have blocked the release of 116 pages of defense lawyers’ notes detailing the torture that Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah says he experienced in CIA custody, defense lawyers said on Thursday.
Transgender San Francisco inmates to be housed by gender identity
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Transgender women inmates now housed in a special wing of a men’s jail in San Francisco will soon be moved into the city detention facility for women under a new policy announced on Thursday to house all inmates based on their…
Police give sketch of child after body parts found in Chicago park
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Police released a composite sketch on Thursday of a toddler whose body parts were found over the weekend in a Chicago park, as investigators continued to scour the area and search for leads.
New U.S. prosecution policy is recipe for corporate conflict: lawyers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Company executives may be quicker to hire lawyers and less likely to cooperate with investigations because of a renewed push by U.S. prosecutors to put individuals in prison instead of only levying big fines on corporations that br…
Police focus on seizing guns to combat Chicago gang murders
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Two Cook County Sheriff’s officers reached under trash bins in an alley just before midnight in Chicago’s crime-heavy Austin neighborhood, looking for a hidden gun.
