Special Report: Multitude of local authorities soak Illinois homeowners in taxes
(Reuters) – Mary Beth Jachec lives in a three-bedroom house in Wauconda, a village of 14,000 in Illinois, 45 miles northwest of Chicago. Her semi-detached brick home is unassuming. Her tax bills are not.
Tensions boil in Texas town over planned cemetery for Muslims
DALLAS (Reuters) – Plans for a cemetery for Muslims on the outskirts of a small North Texas town have sparked a backlash among some local residents who said they fear it will bring radical Islam and terrorism to their doorsteps.
Court says warrant needed for mobile phone location data
(Reuters) – A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said the government needs a warrant to obtain a suspect’s historical cellphone location records.
Police probe reported shots at Mississippi military camp
NEW AUGUSTA, Miss. (Reuters) – A Mississippi man faces minor charges in connection with reports of shots fired outside Camp Shelby, a military training center in Mississippi, police said on Wednesday.
Detroit boy, 11, charged in shooting death of 3-year-old
(Reuters) – An 11-year-old Detroit boy was charged with manslaughter on Wednesday in the shooting death of a 3-year-old boy, prosecutors said.
Pentagon’s new blood-tracking system is a bust
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. Defense Department system for tracking and helping speed blood supplies to combat field hospitals does not work, threatening to cause blood shortages for wounded soldiers, according to a Defense Department Inspector General …
Judge orders Texas to recognize spouse on same-sex death certificate
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered Texas officials to recognize on a state death certificate the surviving spouse in a same-sex marriage whose husband died earlier this year.
Police kill gunman at Nashville movie theater
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A gunman wearing a surgical mask and wielding an ax opened fire on Wednesday at a Nashville-area theater showing of the movie “Mad Max: Fury Road” and was shot dead by police after injuring three people when he doused the t…
Victim’s daughter says family ‘broken’ by Colorado movie gunman
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – The teenage daughter of a Colorado movie rampage victim broke down repeatedly on Wednesday as she described how she saw her father murdered beside her, and told jurors how her family was “broken” by James Holmes’ 2012 mass…
Majority of Americans say more must be done to fight racism: Pew
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A majority of Americans, white and black, believe that more needs to be done to fight racism in the United States, following a year of protests over the treatment of minorities by police, according to a Pew Research Center survey re…
