University of Texas considers moving Confederate statues on campus
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A panel at the University of Texas recommended moving to museums or leaving in place, with notes of explanation, statues of Confederate leaders on campus that have been the subject to recent protests, the school said on Monday…
Virginia agents who bloodied black student return to duty
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – Virginia alcohol control agents involved in the bloody arrest of a black University of Virginia student in March returned to duty on Monday, the agency said.
World Trade Center parachutists fined, no jail
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two men found guilty of jumping off the top of New York’s One World Trade Center, the Western Hemisphere’s tallest building, were each sentenced to a $2,000 fine and community service on Monday in a Manhattan state court.
Firefighters report progress fighting Arizona blaze
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Firefighters battling a major wildfire in northwestern Arizona on Monday reported progress in containing a blaze that forced people out of about 1,000 homes and charred nearly 6,800 acres.
Grizzly suspected in death of Yellowstone hiker trapped, may be killed
(Reuters) – A mother grizzly suspected in the death of a hiker whose partially eaten body was found at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming has been trapped and will be killed if DNA testing proves she was involved in the attack, the park’s superintend…
Father of Ohio child found weeks-dead pleads not guilty, insanity
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man charged with leaving the decomposing body of his 18-month-old daughter in a crib surrounded by garbage entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on Monday, according to Medina County court documents.
Texas man accused of killing eight formally charged in Houston court
(Reuters) – The Texas man accused of killing eight people, including his son and an ex-girlfriend, during the weekend in a Houston-area home was formally charged on Monday with three counts of capital murder, a crime punishable by death.
Texas suspect’s 13-year-old son among family of eight shot dead
(Reuters) – A Texas man has been charged with capital murder after a family of six children, one of them his own son, and two adults were found shot to death in a house in Houston, officials said on Sunday.
U.S. charges sixth man in alleged N.Y.-N.J. Islamic State plot
(Reuters) – A New Jersey man was arrested on Monday on charges of conspiring to support the militant group Islamic State, becoming the sixth man to be arrested in New York and New Jersey since June as part of what authorities have said is a broader plo…
New York City’s ‘responsible banking’ law ruled unconstitutional
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s “responsible banking” law, which called for banks holding the city’s over $6 billion in deposits to document how well they meet the needs of low-income neighborhoods, is unconstitutional, a U.S. federal judge has ru…
