Los Angeles named U.S. bid candidate for 2024 Olympic Games
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles was selected on Tuesday as the American candidate city that will bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics after Boston pulled out of the race in July, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) said.
One juvenile dead, five arrested after New Jersey carjacking, chase
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A juvenile suspected of helping carjack a Jaguar sedan was struck and killed by a police vehicle and five other suspects were under arrest following a car chase and standoff in Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday, officials said.
FBI agents raid Palm Springs city hall, employees sent home
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – FBI agents and a local public corruption task force raided Palm Springs City Hall armed with search warrants on Tuesday, sending home employees and closing the offices for the day, an FBI spokeswoman said.
Texas county to buy more body cameras after deputies shown shooting suspect
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – County commissioners in the San Antonio area on Tuesday approved funds for additional body cameras for sheriff’s deputies, a move that comes hours after the release of a video showing two deputies appearing to fatally shoot a ma…
Connecticut couple pleads not guilty in July 4 killing
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut man and his girlfriend pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder and other charges in the killing of a West Haven man who was shot and blown up with a pipe bomb on July 4.
Florida Supreme Court weighs solar energy ballot initiative
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday about the language of a proposed constitutional amendment that would let consumers buy electricity from independent solar power companies, rather than stay dependent on state-…
California agrees to sharply cut use of solitary confinement
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California will release hundreds of inmates confined for years in solitary confinement into units where they will live with others, in a sweeping settlement announced Tuesday to reform the practice of keeping prisoners in…
University of Tulsa cleaning up small radiation spill at research campus
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The University of Tulsa is working to clean up what it is calling a minor spill of a radioactive chemical on its research campus and is having 21 people who may have been exposed to the cesium-137 undergo medical checks, schoo…
Magnitude 4.2 quake strikes near Grand Coulee Dam in Washington
(Reuters) – A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck near Grand Coulee Dam, the largest U.S. hydropower facility, in northeastern Washington state on Tuesday, prompting an immediate inspection of the facility but leaving no visible damage, a spokeswoman said….
Alabama police officer on trial for throwing Indian man to ground
(Reuters) – The federal trial of an Alabama police officer who faces a civil rights charge after being captured on video throwing an Indian man to the ground got underway on Tuesday with the start of jury selection, prosecutors said.
