Police converge on NY town where escaped prisoners said sighted
DANNEMORA, N.Y. (Reuters) – Police using dogs and helicopters converged on a town in western New York state on Saturday to investigate a reported sighting of two convicted murderers who escaped a maximum-security prison two weeks ago, police said.
Racist manifesto linked to Charleston shooting suspect
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Dylann Roof, the suspect in Wednesday’s church massacre in Charleston, appears to have written a racist manifesto, posing in photographs with a handgun and standing in front of a Confederate military museum and plantation s…
New Orleans policeman shot and killed while transporting suspect
(Reuters) – A suspect shot and killed a New Orleans police officer who was transporting him to jail on Saturday, officials said, adding that a manhunt was underway for the suspect who escaped the police vehicle, which crashed into a utility pole.
Los Angeles police shoot unarmed man who raised towel-covered hand
(Reuters) – Los Angeles police shot and critically wounded an unarmed man after he raised his towel-wrapped hand at officers who thought he was brandishing a gun, a department spokeswoman said on Saturday.
Colorado movie massacre trial prosecution wraps up case
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A woman whose six-year-old daughter and unborn child were killed in the Colorado movie theater massacre in 2012 gave a heartrending account on Friday of the shooting, as prosecutors wrapped up their case against gunman Jam…
New York escapees on run as prison officer is suspended
DANNEMORA, N.Y. (Reuters) – A New York state corrections officer was suspended on Friday in connection with the prison escape of two convicted murderers who have evaded capture for nearly two weeks, officials said.
Japanese-American couple interned by U.S. in WW2 get high school diplomas
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Japanese-American couple who were plucked from their California high school during World War Two and forcibly detained at a U.S. government internment camp were given honorary diplomas this week at the school’s graduation cere…
Oregon man sentenced for helping people linked to Pakistan suicide bombing
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – A former Portland city worker was sentenced on Friday to 87 months in federal prison for providing support to people linked to a suicide bomb attack on the headquarters of Pakistan’s intelligence service in 2009 that killed a…
Charleston church shooter planned first to attack college: media
(Reuters) – Friends of the white gunman who shot and killed nine black people inside an historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina said he first talked about attacking a college campus, the Washington Post and NBC News reported on F…
Hawaii becomes first U.S. state to raise smoking age to 21
(Reuters) – Hawaii’s governor on Friday signed a bill raising the legal smoking age statewide to 21, the first U.S. state to do so.
