Oklahoma mayor’s husband dresses as Klansman for Halloween
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The mayor of a small northern Oklahoma town said she was not involved with a group of people including her husband caught on camera dressed as Ku Klux Klan members with robes and a hood on Halloween, authorities have said.
JPMorgan settles California debt collection charges
(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co will pay $50 million to settle charges that it engaged in abusive credit card debt collection practices against tens of thousands of people in California, state Attorney General Kamala Harris said on Monday.
Pentagon spends $43 million to build Afghanistan gas station: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense spent nearly $43 million on a gas station in northern Afghanistan and has been unable to explain why it cost so much, a U.S. special inspector reported on Monday.
Posthumous pardon for Delaware man who helped slaves escape in 1847
(Reuters) – Delaware Governor Jack Markell issued a posthumous pardon for Samuel Burris on Monday in the same courtroom where the free black man was convicted 168 years ago of helping slaves escape through the Underground Railroad.
U.S. media challenged not to name perpetrators of mass violence
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Media outlets covering mass shootings should refrain from identifying the attackers in order to prevent similar future attacks, a law-enforcement training and academic group in Texas that focuses on mass killings said on Monday….
U.S. top court wrestles with black death row inmate’s jury claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court struggled on Monday over how to resolve an appeal by a black Georgia death row inmate convicted of murdering an elderly white woman in a 1987 trial in which he contends prosecutors unlawfully excluded black…
NHTSA to add automatic braking to ‘recommended’ safety list
(Reuters) – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it would update its 5-Star vehicle safety ratings to include automatic emergency braking (AEB) as a recommended safety technology.
Virginia man found guilty in three murders over 11-year span
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Virginia political candidate was convicted on Monday of three murders over an 11-year span that fed fears of a serial killer in the U.S. capital area.
Connecticut man plotted parents’ murder with girlfriend: court papers
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut man charged with murdering his parents plotted with his girlfriend to kill them out of anger when he learned they planned to cut him out of their will, according to court papers on Monday.
Ex-pro wrestler Snuka pleads not guilty to murdering girlfriend in 1983
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, a professional wrestling star in the 1980s, pleaded not guilty on Monday to third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the 1983 death of his girlfriend.
