Pennsylvania judge bars release of police shooting video before trial
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday barred the release of a video that allegedly shows a Hummelstown police officer shooting a traffic-stop suspect to death earlier this year as the man lay face down on the ground.
Ex-Guantanamo inmates end U.S. Embassy protest in Uruguay
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Former Guantanamo Bay prisoners resettled in Uruguay ended a three-week protest outside the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday after reaching a deal with their hosts for financial and medical support in return for learning Spanish and seeki…
Ex-Guantanamo inmates end U.S. Embassy protest in Uruguay
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Former Guantanamo Bay prisoners resettled in Uruguay ended a three-week protest outside the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday after reaching a deal with their hosts for financial and medical support in return for learning Spanish and seeki…
Texas police seek gang truce, end of bloodshed after deadly brawl
WACO, Texas (Reuters) – Texas police asked rival motorcycle gangs on Tuesday to put aside their differences after a weekend brawl at a Waco restaurant that left nine people dead and 18 injured, calling for a halt to the carnage and threats of revenge a…
St. Louis Federal Reserve says was victim of hacking attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said hackers successfully attacked the bank last month.
Takata doubling U.S. recall for defective air bags to 34 million vehicles
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp is doubling a recall of potentially deadly air bags to nearly 34 million vehicles, creating the largest automotive recall in American history, U.S. safety regulators said on Tuesd…
South Carolina lawmakers advance 20-week abortion ban
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday passed a key vote to approve a bill banning most abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy, when a fetus is not considered viable outside the mother’s womb.
Los Angeles gives preliminary approval to $15 minimum wage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to increase the minimum wage in the nation’s second-largest city to $15 an hour by 2020 from the current $9, in a victory for labor and community groups that have pushed for similar …
Thousands of Seattle teachers hold one-day strike over pay, class size
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Thousands of Seattle teachers walked out of class on Tuesday to demand higher pay and smaller class sizes, marking the largest one-day strike in a series of rolling protests by educators in Washington state over public school fundin…
Florida students forced into vaginal probes by college: lawsuit
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Two female college students said they were forced to endure almost weekly vaginal probes in front of classmates and instructors as part of a medical diagnostic sonography class at a Florida community college, according to a ci…
