California officials outline preparations for El Nino flooding
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As California braces for torrential downpours this winter from El Nino, authorities have stockpiled extra sandbags across the state while putting hundreds of personnel through flood-control training, officials told state lawmake…
Runaway U.S. military blimp wreaks havoc in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A high-tech U.S. military blimp designed to detect a missile attack came loose on Wednesday and wreaked havoc as it floated from Maryland into Pennsylvania, dragging more than a mile of cable and knocking out power to thousands.
Slain New York police officer remembered as man with a calling
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thousands of police officers in dress blue uniforms gathered in the rain outside a Queens church on Wednesday for the funeral of slain New York Patrolman Randolph Holder, who was remembered as a principled man drawn to law enforcem…
Exonerated death row inmate can sue Ohio: state supreme court
(Reuters) – An Ohio man who spent six years on death row for a double murder he did not commit can pursue a wrongful imprisonment lawsuit against the state, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
Several people shot at Indianapolis mall: local media
(Reuters) – Up to three people were wounded in a shooting on Wednesday at Washington Square Mall in Indianapolis, Indianapolis television station WTHR reported, citing Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers.
Former lawmaker seeks to succeed Sacramento’s basketball star mayor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The former top Democrat in the California Senate said on Wednesday he will run for mayor of Sacramento in what is expected to be an expensive contest to succeed former NBA star Kevin Johnson, who has helped revitalize his…
Officer fired for throwing student in South Carolina classroom arrest
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – The white sheriff’s deputy who is under federal investigation after he was caught on video flipping a black high school student out of her classroom chair in South Carolina was fired on Wednesday for violating department poli…
New York transit authority passes reduced $29 billion capital plan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), operator of the largest urban transport network in the United States, approved on Wednesday a reduced $29 billion investment program.
Accused Connecticut serial killer appears via closed circuit TV for hearing
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (Reuters) – An accused Connecticut serial killer appeared via closed-circuit television during a pretrial hearing on Wednesday, with the judge giving his lawyer until Dec. 10 to decide on whether to proceed directly to trial on six m…
Civil rights retrial under way for Alabama officer who threw Indian man to ground
(Reuters) – An Alabama police officer returned to federal court on Wednesday as a jury weighed for a second time whether he violated an Indian man’s rights by throwing him to the ground and causing serious injuries in an incident recorded on video.
