Baltimore police commissioner fired after riot, killings
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts was fired on Wednesday following criticism of his handling of rioting over the death of a black man from an injury in police custody and a skyrocketing homicide rate.
Lawmakers bash U.S. Army plan to cut 57,000 troops and civilians
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration was criticized by lawmakers on Wednesday over U.S. Army plans to cut nearly 60,000 soldiers and civilian personnel, warning the reductions were risky for U.S. forces at a time of conflict in the Middle Ea…
Settlement allows families to visit graves in New York potter’s field
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Families whose loved ones lie in a New York City potter’s field for unclaimed bodies or those unable to afford burials will be able to visit the gravesites for the first time under a settlement announced on Wednesday.
Bomber decision due in August or September: U.S. Air Force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force still aims to award a long-awaited contract for a new long-range strike bomber in August, but the decision could slip into September, Air Force Secretary Deborah James said Wednesday, adding it was crucial to “…
Air conditioning not a must on Louisiana death row: appeals court
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court said Louisiana is not required to install air conditioning on death row in its main state prison, but violated three death row inmates’ constitutional rights by subjecting them to extreme heat that regularly topped 1…
Maine allows gun owners to carry concealed weapons without permit
AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) – Maine will allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons without a permit, a practice called “constitutional carry” by Second Amendment advocates, under a bill signed into law on Wednesday by Republican Governor Paul LePage.
Crime on the rise in Los Angeles in first half of 2015
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The City of Los Angeles has seen a spike in crime in nearly every major category for the first half of 2015, reversing the declining trend of the last dozen years, after California recently reduced penalties for low-level and no…
Two people in N.Y. charged in massive probe of child porn website
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least two people including a former New York City school teacher have been criminally charged in connection with an investigation into a child pornography website the FBI seized earlier this year that authorities say had nearly …
All NY colleges to adopt ‘yes means yes’ sex assault policy
(This story corrects the July 7 to say California policy applies to all universities, not just public ones, in the fourth paragraph)
Federal ranger’s gun used in deadly San Francisco shooting
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The gun used in a deadly San Francisco shooting that helped spark renewed debate about immigration policy had been stolen from the car of a federal law enforcement ranger, officials said on Wednesday.
