A barber’s half-century of clipping hair in a changing Baltimore
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – The view from Lenny Clay’s barbershop in a neighborhood just west of downtown Baltimore is bleak. Grass grows through the cracks of a broken sidewalk and weeds cover an empty lot where a row house once stood. Sometimes, the teenagers on the street are just talking to their friends; sometimes they’re selling drugs.
Atlanta officers shoot black woman in patrol car in gunfight: police
(Reuters) – Atlanta police shot and killed a handcuffed black woman on Thursday after she fired on two officers from inside a patrol car, the city’s police department said.
Los Angeles ports police chief indicted on corruption charges
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The chief of police for the port of Los Angeles was indicted on federal corruption charges involving a program to help citizens report criminal activity at the port, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursd…
U.S. government to pay New Mexico $73 million over radiation leak
(Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department will pay New Mexico $73 million in road and other infrastructure projects for violations by an underground nuclear waste dump and nuclear research lab that led to a radiation leak last year, officials said on Thur…
New York mayor refutes allegations that police adopting tougher strategy for protests
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio denied that the city had toughened its policing strategy in response to the riots in Baltimore after some lawmakers accused the city’s police force of overly aggressive tactics in its handling of prote…
Los Angeles ports police chief indicted on corruption charges: DOJ
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. grand jury indicted the port of Los Angeles’ chief of police on corruption charges involving a program to help citizens report criminal activity at the port, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursda…
Republican amendment fight threatens Iran bill in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A dispute among Republican senators over changes to an Iran nuclear review bill on Thursday threatened the measure’s chances of being passed by the U.S. Congress, leaving Senate leaders scrambling for a way to advance the legisla…
FAA proposes fix for possible power loss issue in Boeing’s 787
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it would ask the operators of Boeing Co’s model 787 airplanes to deactivate the plane’s electrical power system periodically.
Carjacker gets 80 years for Colorado crime spree caught on live TV
DENVER (Reuters) – A gun-toting felon whose two-hour carjacking and crime spree in Colorado last year played out on live television filmed from a news helicopter has been sentenced to 80 years in prison, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Interrogations advisor urges Bush-era torture probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of a body that advises U.S. terrorism interrogators on ethics on Thursday called for a special prosecutor to probe how the abuse of captured militants during the Bush administration’s “war on terror” was allowed to happe…
