One dead in small plane crash near New Jersey airport
(Reuters) – One person was killed in a small airplane crash in a New Jersey suburb of New York on Saturday, authorities said.
Sheriff’s deputy fatally shot in Nevada, suspect dead
(Reuters) – A sheriff’s deputy in Nevada was killed early on Saturday while responding to a domestic battery report, and the suspect was later found dead, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office said.
U.S. military looks into moving some Guantanamo detainees to military sites: media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense is sending a team to military installations in Kansas and South Carolina to investigate the possibility of relocating some Guantanamo Bay prisoners to U.S. soil, media outlets reported on Saturday.
With hot dogs and hugs, mothers take stand against Chicago violence
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Every afternoon this summer, on a street corner in one of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods, visitors have been able to find an unusual block party.
U.S. female hostage raped by Islamic State leader before death: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kayla Mueller, the U.S. aid worker killed this year while being held hostage by Islamic State militants, was raped repeatedly by the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, while in captivity in Syria, U.S. officials said on Friday…
California defense attorney, three state highway police arrested for murder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California defense attorney and three state highway patrol officers were arrested on Friday in connection with the 2012 killing of a man thought to be stealing scrap metal and other items from private property, police said.
Fire at DrillChem plant north of Houston, no injuries: police
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Explosions and a fire erupted on Friday at a DrillChem plant in Conroe, Texas, sending up flames and plumes of smoke that could be seen for miles around, but there were no initial reports of injuries, police said.
S&P downgrades Chicago Public Schools credit to BB
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on Friday cut the credit rating for the Chicago Board of Education, responsible for the oversight of Chicago Public Schools, to “junk” status, dropping its general obligation bonds to a rating of ‘BB’ from ‘BBB’.
Off-duty Tennessee fireman catches baby dropped from third-floor
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – An off-duty Chattanooga firefighter who managed to catch a baby thrown from the third-floor window of a burning building said on Friday he was in the right place in the right time.
U.S. will not release hunger-striking Guantanamo detainee
(Reuters) – U.S. Justice Department lawyers on Friday blocked a legal request that a Guantanamo Bay detainee who weighs just 74 lbs (33.5 kg) after an eight-year hunger strike be released for health reasons.
