Hurricane Fred forms, flooding in South Carolina from Erika’s remnants
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Hurricane Fred strengthened on Monday in the eastern Atlantic as it approached the Cape Verde islands but was forecast to weaken in the coming days, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Erika brought flooding to parts of So…
Son of Oklahoma labor commissioner charged with murdering father
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The son of Oklahoma’s state labor commissioner was charged on Monday with first-degree murder for the stabbing death of his father.
Suspect shot after 10 hour standoff with police in Texas
(Reuters) – Police shot an armed suspect multiple times when he fired on a state patrolman at the end of a 10-hour standoff on Monday along an interstate highway in south Texas, authorities said.
Houston-area deputy shooting suspect appears in court
(Reuters) – A 30-year-old Houston man facing a charge of capital murder in the killing of a deputy was arraigned on Monday in a case the county sheriff tied to the “Black Lives Matter” campaign against police violence.
Thousands still without power after deadly Washington state storm
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Thousands of Washington state residents remained without power on Monday after a storm packing wind gusts of more than 60 miles per hour (100 kph) roared through the broader Seattle area on Saturday, killing two people, authorities …
State Department says 150 more Clinton emails have classified information
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 150 more of Hillary Clinton’s work emails have recently been designated as containing classified information, the U.S. State Department said on Monday ahead of the public release of the latest batch of emails Clinton handed…
Los Angeles police hand out body cameras to first patrol division
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Police Department handed out body cameras to its first patrol division on Monday, putting hundreds of the devices on the streets of the nation’s second-largest city in a roll-out of technology seen by proponents …
Trial begins for 13-year-old Michigan boy charged in fatal stabbing
DETROIT (Reuters) – The trial for a 13-year-old Michigan boy charged with fatally stabbing a 9-year-old boy on a playground last August began on Monday.
Fiat Chrysler offers $100 debit cards to owners of recalled U.S. vehicles
DETROIT (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is offering $100 prepaid debit cards to owners of recalled vehicles to help ensure cars and trucks with potential safety defects get repaired, the company said on Monday.
Man sentenced to 20 years in suicide bomb plot at Kansas airport
WICHITA, Kan. (Reuters) – A man who plotted a suicide car bomb attack at a Wichita, Kansas, airport in 2013 was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Monday.
