U.S. household incomes slip, poverty rate up slightly in 2014
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American household incomes lost ground last year and the poverty rate ticked up, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Wednesday, in a sign the U.S. economic expansion has not led to gains for many Americans five years after the 2007-20…
University police officer cleared in Alabama student’s death
(Reuters) – A University of South Alabama police officer was cleared of civil wrongdoing in the shooting death of an 18-year-old freshman at its Mobile campus almost three years ago, officials said.
North Carolina police chief ousted after criticism of Black Lives Matter
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A North Carolina police chief said he was forced to retire after he described the Black Lives Matter movement as “an American-born terrorist group” in a post on his personal Facebook page this month.
U.S. prosecutor to be stationed at Europol for cyber crimes
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The United States will post a prosecutor at Europol, Europe’s police agency, to enable closer cooperation on international cyber crime investigations, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Wednesday.
Firefighters gain ground on California wildfire that destroyed 585 homes
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (Reuters) – Property losses from a deadly Northern California wildfire, the most destructive this year in the western United States, climbed on Tuesday to at least 585 homes and hundreds of other structures that have gone up in flame…
Suspect in shooting of girlfriend and Mississippi professor left behind apology note
(Reuters) – A Mississippi college instructor suspected of gunning down his live-in girlfriend and a professor colleague before taking his own life, left behind a note of apology, police said on Tuesday.
Seattle police officer fired over arrest of elderly black man with golf club
(Reuters) – A Seattle police officer was fired on Tuesday over her arrest of an elderly black man last year who refused to drop a golf club he was using as a cane to help him walk, the police department announced.
Boeing KC-46A tanker to make first flight on Sept. 25: U.S. Air Force
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (Reuters) – Boeing Co’s first fully equipped KC-46A refueling plane is scheduled to complete its first flight on Sept. 25, the Air Force general in charge of tanker programs said Tuesday.
U.S. Air Force warns F-35 order review could damage program
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (Reuters) – U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh on Tuesday warned that short-term moves to revise downward the Air Force’s planned purchase of 1,763 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 stealth fighters could damage the program a…
Former president Carter urges Germany to take lead in migrant crisis
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday called on Germany to take the lead in solving the European migrant crisis, a situation he compared to the flow of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees to the United States during his presid…
