Black teen killed by St. Louis police shot in back: autopsy
(Reuters) – A black teenager shot and killed by white St. Louis police officers this week died from a single gunshot that entered his back and struck his heart, a medical examiner said on Friday, which appears to contradict the police account of the sh…
Three Connecticut teens plead guilty in fatal shooting and robbery
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Three Connecticut teenagers have pleaded guilty to fatally shooting an 18-year-old man last year while stealing his cellphone.
Rebuilt confidence in New Orleans flood controls fuels rebuilding
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – When Angele Givens looks around her neighborhood in the Gentilly section of New Orleans, she is struck by the contrast with 10 years ago, when Hurricane Katrina triggered floods that filled her home and tens of thousands of othe…
White supremacist convicted in New York ‘death ray’ case
ALBANY, N.Y (Reuters) – A New York white supremacist was convicted by a federal jury on Friday of plotting to use a remote-controlled radiation device he called “Hiroshima on a light switch” to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama.
Taser defeats appeal over weapon’s role in Michigan boy’s death
(Reuters) – Taser International Inc is not liable for the death of a 16-year-old Michigan boy soon after he was struck in the chest by two taser darts shot by a police officer, resulting in cardiac arrest, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.
Two dozen arrested in drug bust in Maryland’s Eastern Shore
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Two dozen people alleged to be part of a drug-trafficking gang have been arrested on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, with narcotics worth $13 million seized, police said on Friday.
St. Louis police shooting raises fresh calls for body cameras
(Reuters) – Questions surrounding police accounts of the shooting of a black teenager in St. Louis this week have prompted fresh calls for officers to be equipped with body cameras in a city that has wrestled with the issue for the last year.
California man, 19, charged with ‘revenge porn’ against girls
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 19-year-old California man accused of posing as a modeling agent to dupe and extort underage girls into sending him naked pictures was charged on Friday with more than 150 criminal counts in what prosecutors called a “revenge …
Mexican consulate condemns anti-immigrant attack in Boston
BOSTON (Reuters) – Mexico’s top official in Boston on Friday condemned an attack by two Massachusetts brothers who urinated on and beat a Mexican citizen, citing Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s desire to deport undocumented immigrants fr…
New York man convicted in ‘death ray’ case targeting Muslims, Obama
ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – A jury on Friday convicted a New York white supremacist on all three federal counts for plotting to use a remote-controlled radiation device to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama.
