Canadian 15-year-old seeks bail in Florida murder case
(Story corrects description of Dubé’s foreign service career in paragraph 6, changes from MP to having worked with Canada’s parliament in May 27th instance)
Defense in Freddie Gray case seeks to move trial from Baltimore
(Reuters) – Defense attorneys for six police officers facing criminal charges in the Freddie Gray case are seeking to have the trial moved from Baltimore, saying their clients cannot get a fair trial there, the Baltimore Sun reported on Thursday.
One dead, one wounded in Washington, D.C., road-rage incident: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police searched for a suspect who shot one man dead and seriously injured another in an apparent road-rage incident that closed down a major Washington, D.C., highway during the Thursday morning rush hour.
Ninth suspect arrested in deadly shooting of Mississippi officers
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – Mississippi authorities said they have made a ninth arrest in connection with the May 9 shooting deaths of two Hattiesburg police officers.
Soccer great Pele to join New York Cosmos on trip to Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – Brazilian soccer great Pele will join his former club the New York Cosmos on a goodwill mission to Cuba that will include an exhibition match Tuesday between the Cosmos and the Cuban national team, Cuban officials said.
U.S. charges fifteen Chinese nationals in SAT fraud scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fifteen Chinese nationals living in the United States have been charged with developing a fraud scheme in which impostors took college entrance exams including the SAT, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
U.S. anti-legalization group urges more access to marijuana research
(Reuters) – A group opposed to pot legalization is unveiling proposals on Thursday for the U.S. government to ease restrictions on scientific research into marijuana’s potential as medicine, in a first step for an organization of its kind.
Former Bears tackle McDonald arrested in California for violating restraining order
(Reuters) – Former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Ray McDonald, released by the National Football League (NFL) franchise after his arrest this week in Northern California, was arrested again on Wednesday on suspicion of violating a restraining order, p…
To see why Amtrak’s losses mount, hop on the Empire Builder train
ABOARD THE EMPIRE BUILDER (Reuters) – Its passengers are mostly silver-haired retirees, oil-field workers and a few young families gazing out the windows of Amtrak’s least-profitable and third-longest line, rumbling from Chicago through eight states an…
U.S. training of Syria rebel fighters expands to Turkey: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military has started training Syrian opposition fighters in Turkey to combat Islamic State, an expected expansion of a program that first launched in Jordan weeks ago, a U.S. official told Reuters on Thursday.
