After spate of shootings, Boston renews gun buyback program
BOSTON (Reuters) – Following a rash of shootings that claimed at least five lives in the Boston area this month, police have relaunched a gun buyback program that the city’s police commissioner said Thursday is an effort to “take the streets back.”
Administrative charges filed against 13 Cleveland officers in shooting
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The 13 Cleveland police officers who fired a total of 137 rounds in a fatal shooting after a high-speed car chase in November 2012 will face administrative charges, city officials said on Thursday.
Eighteen military paratroopers struck by lightning in North Carolina
(Reuters) – Eighteen military paratroopers based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, were recovering on Thursday after being struck by lightening during a training exercise, officials said.
Former red light camera CEO pleads guilty in Chicago bribe scheme
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The former chief executive of a red-light camera company that used to run Chicago’s controversial traffic cameras pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal bribery charges.
Former NFL quarterback Erik Kramer tries to commit suicide, NBC News reports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former National Football League quarterback Erik Kramer tried to commit suicide by shooting himself at a motel in the Los Angeles area, NBC News reported.
Woman stabs mother of five to death in Maine supermarket: police
BRUNSWICK, Maine (Reuters) – Maine police were searching on Thursday for what motivated a woman to fatally stab a mother of five adult children who was shopping in the ice cream aisle of a grocery store in an apparently unprovoked attack, authorities s…
Former President Carter to open up about cancer diagnosis
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will discuss his cancer diagnosis on Thursday, a week after he revealed that recent liver surgery found the disease had spread to other parts of his body.
Exclusive: U.S. government, police working on counter-drone system – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As concerns rise about a security menace posed by rogue drone flights, U.S. government agencies are working with state and local police forces to develop high-tech systems to protect vulnerable sites, according to sources familia…
Three killed, four wounded in western New York shooting
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting in western New York state, police said on Thursday.
Three firefighters killed battling Washington state wildfire
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Three firefighters in Washington state were killed and four injured while battling a wildfire threatening the town of Twisp, officials said on Wednesday, as more than a dozen major blazes burned in parched Western U.S. states.
