Man wants gun his brother used in Oregon school shooting back
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – The brother of an Oregon teenager who killed a classmate and wounded a teacher last year wants back the rifle his sibling used in the shooting, and will have his first hearing on the matter next week.
Seattle schools closed for third day by teachers’ strike
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle public schools were 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 across the city, with no word on when contract talks might resu…
Family of black St. Louis teen fatally shot wants answers: lawyer
(Reuters) – Relatives of a black male teenager whom St. Louis police fatally shot in the back more than three weeks ago still cannot get officials to release key details about the incident, their lawyer said on Friday.
Births to illegal U.S. immigrants down 20 percent from 2007 peak: Pew
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The number of children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants has dropped by about 20 percent since its 2007 peak after rising sharply for a quarter-century, the Pew Research Center said on Friday.
Six Marines in critical condition after fatal Camp Pendleton crash
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Six U.S. Marines were in critical condition on Friday following a roll-over crash the day before of a seven-ton-truck at Camp Pendleton in Southern California that killed one Marine and injured 18, a military spokesman said.
Cincinnati university police shooting ‘entirely preventable’: report
(Reuters) – The car of a man who was shot and killed in July by a University of Cincinnati police officer was barely moving or not moving at all when the officer fired his gun, and the incident was “entirely preventable,” an independent report said on …
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…
Hearing postponed for Connecticut man whose parents disappeared
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday postponed a hearing to determine whether a Connecticut man who police arrested as a person of interest in their investigation of the disappearance of his parents last month can be released from custody …
Major car makers agree to make automatic braking standard in U.S
RUCKERSVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – A group of major automakers accounting for more than half of U.S. auto sales will make automatic emergency braking standard on new U.S. vehicles in one of the industry’s biggest auto safety moves since it embraced technolo…
Sierra wildfire spurs evacuation of thousands of California homes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Evacuation orders were expanded to thousands of homes in northern California’s Sierras on Friday as a rapidly spreading wildfire roared for a third day through drought-parched timber and brush, threatening mountain communities n…
