Sierra wildfire threatens famed giant sequoia grove in California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A rapidly spreading wildfire spurred evacuations of thousands of mountain homes in California’s gold-rush country on Friday as flames from a larger Sierra Nevada blaze edged close to a famed grove of giant sequoia trees in Kings…
Seattle schools closed for third day by teachers’ strike
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle public schools remained closed for a third day on Friday due to a teachers’ strike that has idled 53,000 students and caused childcare headaches for working parents, with no word on whether stalled contract talks might resum…
Ex-director of former Subway pitchman’s foundation appears on child sex charges
(Reuters) – The ex-director of the foundation started by former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle appeared in U.S. District Court in Indiana on Friday ahead of his agreement to plead guilty to child sexual exploitation and child pornography charges.
U.S. seeks to dismiss charges against China-born physicist
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors sought to drop wire fraud charges on Friday against a physicist at Temple University in Philadelphia, nearly four months after he was accused of sharing proprietary U.S. technology with China.
N.Y. police release video of ex-tennis star James Blake’s mistaken arrest
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Police Department on Friday released a security camera video showing ex-tennis star James Blake being tackled, thrown to the ground and handcuffed by an undercover officer in a now infamous case of mistaken identi…
Ex-officer charged in South Carolina death speaks out, seeking bond
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A white former police officer told a South Carolina judge on Friday that he was not a flight risk and should be released on bond while awaiting his trial in death of an unarmed black man who was shot in the back while fleei…
Mother of black man slain by Utah police rejects $900K settlement: media
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A Utah woman whose black son was shot in the back by police and killed while carrying a sword last year has rejected a $900,000 offer to settle her federal lawsuit against the city and two of its officers, according to the lo…
All-male squads outperform ones with women: U.S. Marines study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine Corps study examining how women would perform in ground combat roles showed all-male units broadly outperformed mixed-gender units on everything from reaching targets quickly to firing accurately with heavier weapon…
Victims’ relatives gather 14 years after Sept. 11 attacks on U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Relatives assembled under overcast skies on Friday to commemorate nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and outside Washington 14 years ago, when airliners hijacked by al Qaeda militants broug…
Cinema massacre gunman moved to Colorado state penitentiary
DENVER (Reuters) – Convicted mass killer James Holmes has been moved to a high-security unit at a Colorado prison to begin serving his life sentences for murdering 12 people at a cinema in 2012, corrections officials said on Friday.
