Oregon children take un-detonated mortar shell to play date
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – A group of Oregon children who stumbled across an un-detonated, decades-old military-grade mortar shell in a Portland wildlife refuge took it to a play date but escaped unharmed, Portland police said on Wednesday.
Ohio police charge man who filmed but didn’t aid teens in car crash
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man was charged on Wednesday for entering a vehicle after an accident where he filmed two injured teenagers, one of whom later died, while calling them “idiots” and making no effort to help them, police said.
South Carolina police searching for suspect in quadruple murder
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina police are investigating the fatal shooting of two adults and two teenagers who were found along with a wounded child on Wednesday at a house in a small town about 60 miles northwest of Charleston, authoritie…
Civil rights group sues California county over public defender system
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A civil rights organization has sued a California county over what the group said on Wednesday was a failing public defense system that leaves thousands of the poorest without proper legal representation.
African-Americans still favor gun control, but views are shifting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Horace Augustine was raised in Oklahoma City by a mother with strong convictions about guns: She didn’t want them in her house. Faith, she insisted, would keep her family safe.
Texas man dies of apparent snake bite, his pet cobra is missing
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A central Texas man found unresponsive in his vehicle likely died of a snake bite, Austin police said on Wednesday, adding a cobra he kept at his home has gone missing.
Former New York police boss Kerik sued over memoir
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner and cabinet nominee who later went to prison for tax evasion and lying to White House officials, was sued on Wednesday by a woman who claimed she helped him write his rece…
Flagship FAO Schwarz toy store in New York closes, plans to relocate
NEW YORK (Reuters) – FAO Schwarz will officially close the doors of its flagship Fifth Avenue toy store in New York City on Wednesday night to the dismay of shoppers charmed by the famous destination for childhood fun.
Sons of Confederacy sees flag controversy as ‘nightmare’
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – The commander in chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans says he fails to understand the wave of hostility directed at the Confederate flag following the massacre of nine black people at a South Carolina church last month.
Montana man pleads not guilty in fatal flashlight, knife attack on girlfriend
(Reuters) – A Montana man who told police he beat his girlfriend on the head with a flashlight and then slashed her throat to end her suffering has pleaded not guilty to a charge of deliberate homicide, a court clerk said on Wednesday.
