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…
Philadelphia’s Please Touch Museum files for bankruptcy
(Reuters) – Philadelphia’s Please Touch Museum filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday to carry out an agreement with its bondholders that the children’s museum said would put it on stable financial ground.
Ex-director of Jared Fogle’s foundation appears on child sex charges
(Reuters) – The ex-director of the foundation started by former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle appeared in U.S. District Court in Indiana on Friday ahead of his agreement to plead guilty to child sexual exploitation and child pornography charges.
Kentucky law student charged with flying drone at college football game
(Reuters) – A University of Kentucky law student was charged on Friday with flying a drone that crashed into a suite in the school’s football stadium before the team’s game began last weekend, authorities said.
One person dead, another missing after San Antonio flooding
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – One person is dead and another missing after flash floods hit San Antonio Thursday afternoon, fire officials said on Friday.
Faulty elevator door, radio problems led to Cincinnati firefighter’s death: city report
(Reuters) – A faulty elevator door lock, along with radio problems, caused a veteran Cincinnati firefighter to fall to his death head-first 22 feet down an elevator shaft, fire department officials said on Friday.
