University of Mississippi lowers state flag with Confederate banner
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – The University of Mississippi stopped flying the state flag on its campus on Monday after students and faculty demanded the removal of the banner, whose design incorporates a Confederate battle image that has come under attac…
Pennsylvania couple accused of starving son to death due in court
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The trial of a Pennsylvania couple accused of letting their 9-year-old disabled son starve to death and of nearly doing the same to a disabled daughter is due to start on Monday, but a prosecutor said jury selection had been…
Man accused of killing four at Texas SXSW festival heads to trial
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Jury selection started on Monday in the murder trial of a Texas man accused of plowing his car into a crowd at the South by Southwest festival in Austin last year, killing four people and injuring nearly two dozen.
Guantanamo judge rejects 9/11 defense conflict of interest claim
FORT MEADE, Md. – A Guantanamo Bay judge on Monday rejected claims by lawyers for a Yemeni Sept. 11 suspect that a U.S. government investigation of the attorneys had created an ethical conflict of interest for them.
U.S. union, GM reach tentative agreement on labor contract
DETROIT (Reuters) – Negotiators for the United Auto Workers and General Motors Co reached a tentative agreement on undisclosed terms for a new four-year labor contract, averting a threatened strike, the union said late on Sunday night.
Massachusetts police search for driver in fatal hit-and-run
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts police were searching on Monday for a driver who struck and killed a pedestrian as he attempted to cross a busy highway north of Boston late on Sunday.
Prosecution of U.S. police for killings surges to highest in decade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S. police officers charged in fatal shootings has hit the highest level in a decade in 2015, new research shows, driven by greater scrutiny over use of deadly force.
In Hurricane Patricia’s wake, torrential rains move into Louisiana
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Torrential rainstorms battered Louisiana on Sunday, leaving thousands without power, after pounding southeastern Texas as the remnants of Hurricane Patricia converged with a second storm.
Man shoots mother dead, commits suicide at New Jersey care home
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man shot and killed his mother at a New Jersey assisted living facility on Sunday before committing suicide, authorities said.
Florida bear cull called off; hunters kill nearly 300
(Reuters) – Florida’s first bear hunt in two decades, which sparked protests by animal rights activists, was called off after just two days after nearly 300 bears were killed, wildlife officials said on Sunday.
