New Orleans policeman shot and killed while transporting suspect
(Reuters) – A suspect shot and killed a New Orleans police officer who was transporting him to jail on Saturday, officials said, adding that a manhunt was underway for the suspect who escaped the police vehicle, which crashed into a utility pole.
Ten shot, one killed, at Detroit block party: report
(Reuters) – Ten people were shot, one of them fatally, at a block party in Detroit on Saturday, the Detroit Free Press reported on its web site.
Agreement would keep open women’s college in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – Sweet Briar College, a 114-year-old private women’s school in Virginia that has suffered dwindling enrollment and was set to close due to financial problems, will remain open under a legal settlement, state Attorney General Ma…
Police converge on NY town where escaped prisoners said sighted
DANNEMORA, N.Y. (Reuters) – Police using dogs and helicopters converged on a town in western New York state on Saturday to investigate a reported sighting of two convicted murderers who escaped a maximum-security prison two weeks ago, police said.
Racist manifesto linked to Charleston shooting suspect
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Dylann Roof, the suspect in Wednesday’s church massacre in Charleston, appears to have written a racist manifesto, posing in photographs with a handgun and standing in front of a Confederate military museum and plantation s…
New Orleans policeman shot and killed while transporting suspect
(Reuters) – A suspect shot and killed a New Orleans police officer who was transporting him to jail on Saturday, officials said, adding that a manhunt was underway for the suspect who escaped the police vehicle, which crashed into a utility pole.
Los Angeles police shoot unarmed man who raised towel-covered hand
(Reuters) – Los Angeles police shot and critically wounded an unarmed man after he raised his towel-wrapped hand at officers who thought he was brandishing a gun, a department spokeswoman said on Saturday.
Colorado movie massacre trial prosecution wraps up case
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A woman whose six-year-old daughter and unborn child were killed in the Colorado movie theater massacre in 2012 gave a heartrending account on Friday of the shooting, as prosecutors wrapped up their case against gunman Jam…
New York escapees on run as prison officer is suspended
DANNEMORA, N.Y. (Reuters) – A New York state corrections officer was suspended on Friday in connection with the prison escape of two convicted murderers who have evaded capture for nearly two weeks, officials said.
Japanese-American couple interned by U.S. in WW2 get high school diplomas
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Japanese-American couple who were plucked from their California high school during World War Two and forcibly detained at a U.S. government internment camp were given honorary diplomas this week at the school’s graduation cere…
