Suspect in shooting of Texas judge held on separate murder charge
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The person of interest being questioned by police over the shooting last week of a Texas judge has been identified as Chimene Onyeri and he is being held by on a separate murder charge in Houston, Austin police said on Tuesday…
McDonald’s owner fires worker seen throwing water on Detroit homeless man
DETROIT (Reuters) – A Detroit McDonald’s worker shown on video offering a homeless man a burger but instead tossing water in the man’s face has been fired after the footage went viral.
Coach sentenced under Pennsylvania law barring sex with students
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania high school rowing coach was sentenced on Tuesday to serve up to 23 months in prison for her consensual sexual relationship with an 18-year-old student, prosecutors said.
Person of interest named in fatal shooting at New York’s Penn Station
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police on Tuesday identified a 27-year-old man as a person of interest in a shooting near New York City’s Penn Station transportation hub that killed one man and wounded two others.
No federal charges against ex-Milwaukee cop: Justice Dept
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – The Justice Department said on Tuesday there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against a former Milwaukee police officer in the death of an unarmed black man.
Man chains self atop slide in bid to save New Hampshire water park
(Reuters) – The founder of an indebted New Hampshire water park has chained himself to the top of a 30 foot high slide in a last ditch effort to keep his property from being sold at auction.
FDA approves sale of eight new Swedish Match snus products
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time authorized the sale of a tobacco product that it says will not significantly harm the health of the population as a whole.
Race protests scattered around U.S. campuses after Missouri resignations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Students are holding events designed to bring attention to racial issues on a handful of U.S. college campuses this week, spurred on by the impact of protests at the University of Missouri, which culminated in the resignation of th…
U.S. charges three in huge cyberfraud targeting JPMorgan, others
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against three men accused of running a sprawling computer hacking and fraud scheme that included a huge attack against JPMorgan Chase & Co and generated hundreds of millions of dollars of illegal profit.
Maine sues anti-abortion protester, claiming he shouts too loud
BRUNSWICK, Maine (Reuters) – Maine’s top attorney on Tuesday filed a civil rights lawsuit against an anti-abortion protester, contending that his yelling outside a Portland Planned Parenthood clinic was so loud that it disrupted the staff’s ability to …
