White man threatens Virginia churchgoers, spews racial slurs: media
(Reuters) – Police arrested a white man who shouted racial slurs and threatened to kill black congregants gathered inside a church in Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday night, local broadcaster WRIC reported.
Psychiatric evaluation ordered for Washington man accused of transit threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An MTV reality television personality who prosecutors say threatened the Washington, D.C., mass transit system in calls to emergency responders, was ordered on Thursday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. 
Water main break forces evacuations at Philadelphia mall
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A water main break flooded a busy shopping center in Philadelphia on Thursday, damaging businesses and forcing about 100 people in the area to be evacuated, some of them by raft, a Philadelphia Water Department official said.
Builder of collapsed California balcony sued over flaws in another project
(Reuters) – The company that built a Berkeley apartment building where six people were killed after a balcony collapsed this week was accused two years ago of building faulty balconies in another project, court documents show.
Former NAACP leader in Washington state kicked off Spokane’s police panel
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal, who drew national attention over her racial identity, was ousted on Thursday from a municipal police oversight commission in Washington state over conduct violations, a city spokesman said.
Texas executes man for bludgeoning mechanic to death in robbery
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas on Thursday executed Gregory Russeau, 45, who was convicted of killing a 75-year-old auto mechanic in a 2001 robbery and driving off from the crime scene in the victim’s car.
U.S. judge calls case of Russian who joined Taliban a ‘new frontier’
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A federal judge in Virginia in the case of a former Russian army officer accused of fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan asked attorneys in the case on Thursday to focus on whether as a war combatant he was protected from …
Ex-NAACP activist Dolezal removed from police oversight panel in Washington state
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The city council in Washington state voted on Thursday to remove civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal, who drew national attention over her racial identity, from a police oversight commission over conduct violations, a Spokane city …
Search on for ex-White House chef missing in New Mexico mountains
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) – Search and rescue teams scoured the rugged mountains above the Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico on Thursday for any sign of a missing former White House chef who was last seen setting off for a hike in the area over the weeke…
White suspect arrested in killing of nine at black U.S. church
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A white man was arrested on Thursday on suspicions he killed nine people at a historic African-American church in South Carolina after sitting with them for an hour of Bible study in an attack U.S. officials are investigati…
