Website linked to Tennessee shooting denies it sells guns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The website where friends of the Tennessee shooting suspect said he had purchased guns before last week’s attack denied on Thursday that it was in the business of selling weapons, saying it instead offered “a free speech forum.”
Pennsylvania professor’s social media comments condemned as offensive
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A tenured professor at a Pennsylvania university drew strong criticism on Thursday from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which issued a statement condemning his social media posts as “deeply offensive and outrageous.”
Ex-Los Angeles police detective arrested over 5 bank robberies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A retired Los Angeles Police Department detective has been arrested in a string of bank robberies attributed to the so-called “Snowbird Bandit” after several of his family members tipped off authorities, police said on Thursday….
Colorado woman pleads not guilty to cutting out stranger’s fetus
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado woman pleaded not guilty on Thursday to stabbing a pregnant stranger and cutting out her fetus after allegedly luring the victim to her home with an online ad for baby clothes, authorities said.
Connecticut teen of gun-firing drone video charged for assaulting police
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut teenager who drew national attention this week for a viral Internet video showing a drone he had modified to fire a handgun was charged on Thursday with assaulting police officers in an unrelated incident.
Questions persist on death of black Confederate flag supporter: police
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – Mississippi authorities are trying to determine whether another vehicle caused the wreck that killed a black man who was a well-known supporter of Confederate flag, viewed by many as a racist symbol, police said Thursday.
Mitsubishi mum on report it will end U.S. car production
DETROIT (Reuters) – Mitsubishi Motors Corp, faced with declining U.S. demand and an expiring union contract at its only plant in North America, declined to comment Thursday on a report that it planned to end auto production in this country.
Exclusive: Military school knew of doctor’s macabre ways for decades
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The president of the U.S. military’s medical college said he took swift action after learning in 2013 that John Henry Hagmann, a former Army doctor teaching there, was injecting students with hypnotic drugs, inducing shock by withdrawing their blood, and performing rectal exams in class.
Police shoot dead Ohio man, say he pointed gun at them
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man was shot and killed early on Thursday by two sheriff’s deputies who said he pointed a gun at them while they were responding to a 911 call about a car crash, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said.
Five fatally stabbed in Oklahoma suburb, two teens held: police
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Five members of a Tulsa-area family were found stabbed to death at their home and two related teenage boys have been taken into custody, Oklahoma authorities said on Thursday.
