Baltimore pharmacy reopens as city recovers from rioting
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Rite Aid pharmacy in Baltimore shuttered after rioting over the high-profile death of a black man reopened on Tuesday in a sign of the city’s recovery from the unrest.
Three Milwaukee men charged in killing of 5-year-old girl
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Three Milwaukee men accused of targeting the wrong house in a revenge shooting last year were charged on Tuesday in the death of a 5-year-old girl as she sat on her grandfather’s lap watching television, police said.
New York suburb with roots in Nazi era accused of housing bias
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York suburb that was established by Nazi sympathizers in the years leading up to World War Two still uses discriminatory housing practices to ensure its residents remain white, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
New York court rejects appeal, lets Yale keep van Gogh painting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court upheld a lower ruling on Tuesday, allowing Yale University to keep a painting by famed Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh and denying a request by the great-grandson of a Russian art collector to argue his ownership…
Arkansas Supreme Court halts state’s plans to resume executions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the executions of two inmates scheduled for Wednesday, ruling the prisoners were entitled to a hearing on whether the state improperly withheld information about the chemicals …
Black Virginia student bloodied during arrest files $3 million lawsuit
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A black University of Virginia student bloodied during an arrest caught on video filed a $3 million civil lawsuit on Tuesday against the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Department and three agents who arrested him.
Obama to nominate Peirce, Fairfax as SEC commissioners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama intends to nominate Hester Maria Peirce and Lisa Fairfax to be commissioners of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Fox News analyst facing CIA fraud charges ordered jailed
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – A Fox News guest terrorism analyst was ordered jailed by a federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday as he faces U.S. charges that he falsely claimed to have been a CIA agent for decades.
Three children, two adults die in Kentucky fire
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Three children and two adults were found dead in a fire that damaged 19th century rowhouses early on Tuesday in the small northern Kentucky city of Maysville, the mayor said.
NYC man convicted of meat cleaver killings sentenced to 125 years
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man convicted of killing a mother and her four children with a meat cleaver was sentenced on Tuesday to serve 125 years to life in prison, prosecutors said.
