Virginia police kill black man, officer wounded
(Reuters) – Police in Richmond, Virginia, are investigating the death of a black man who was killed in a shootout with a white officer, a spokesman said on Thursday.
Washington state man charged with hate crime after anti-gay slurs
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Suspect arrested in Louisiana officer’s killing: police
(Reuters) – A suspect was arrested on Thursday afternoon in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Shreveport, Louisiana, ending a 16-hour manhunt, police said.
Lawyers argue for last time over life of Colorado movie gunman
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Prosecutors said execution is the only appropriate sentence for the “horror and evil” wrought by Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes, while the defense asked jurors on Thursday if they were ready to sign the death …
New York police criticized for ‘weaponized marijuana’ videos
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Police Department faced criticism on Thursday after it emerged that video clips it used to show the crazed affects of smoking synthetic marijuana were of men high on other drugs.
Nashville assailant may have wanted to blow up cinema: police
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – The hatchet-wielding man shot by police after an attack on a Nashville-area movie theater on Wednesday had a propane canister and lighter fluid on him that he may have wanted to use to set off an explosion, police said on T…
U.S. tightens visa waiver program amid foreign fighters concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States announced tighter security measures on Thursday for visitors from the 38 countries in its visa waiver program, which include European nations that have seen hundreds of residents traveling to fight with militant…
Accused Taliban fighter declines to testify as U.S. trial winds to close
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – The first Taliban fighter from the Afghan war to be tried in a U.S. federal court declined to testify in his own defense on Thursday as the precedent-setting case wound toward a close.
University of Oregon settles rape lawsuit against basketball players
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – The University of Oregon has settled a lawsuit filed by a student who said she was raped by three players on the school’s basketball team, lawyers and university officials said on Thursday. 
Ten years on, Hurricane Katrina’s scars endure for black New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A decade after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans seems to have found its rhythm again: the French Quarter is choked with tourists, construction cranes tower over the skyline, and hipsters bike to cafes in gentrifying neighborhoods….
