Seattle police dismantle anti-Shell protest tent: activists
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle activists say police have dismantled a tent on Monday used as a staging area to organize local protests over Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s use of the city’s port as a home base for a drilling rig that could depart this week for th…
Florida doctor tied to Senator Menendez corruption case to have bail set
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida doctor accused of giving lavish gifts to U.S. Senator Robert Menendez in a corruption case was due back in federal court Monday to have bail set on separate Medicare fraud charges.
South Carolina ex-police officer indicted in death of black man
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A white former police officer accused of fatally shooting a black man in the back as he ran from a traffic stop in South Carolina was indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge on Monday, a prosecutor said.
Protesters gather outside Los Angeles mayor’s house over police shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – About a dozen demonstrators gathered outside the home of the Los Angeles mayor on Monday to protest against an apparent preliminary decision to clear two police officers in the shooting death last year of an unarmed black man.
Bear attacks teen in Smoky Mountains park, trail closures ordered
(Reuters) – Several trails and campsites in Great Smoky Mountains National Park were closed on Monday after a 16-year-old Ohio boy who was camping at the park in North Carolina was injured in a black bear attack this weekend, the park said.
Montana father kills family, burns home in murder-suicide – police
MISSOULA, Mont. (Reuters) – A Montana father shot and killed his wife and three young children, then set fire to the family’s rural cabin before committing suicide, local police said on Monday.
Pennsylvania lawmaker pleads guilty in state corruption probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A third Pennsylvania lawmaker accused of accepting funds for political favors pleaded guilty on Monday to corruption charges as a result of a controversial sting operation that netted only black suspects, according to local media r…
NFL’s Patriots cut Spikes amid accident investigation
(Reuters) – New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes, being investigated for possible involvement in a hit-and-run accident, was released by the team on Monday, less than a month after it signed him.
Obama: No reason for Supreme Court to overturn healthcare law
KRUEN, Germany (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that he was confident the Supreme Court would not rule against his healthcare law, describing it as an “easy case” that should never have been taken up by the court.
Fed’s Kocherlakota to take Univ. of Rochester job from Jan 2016
(Reuters) – Narayana Kocherlakota, the Federal Reserve’s most dovish policymaker, will take a job as a professor of economics at the University of Rochester starting Jan. 1, 2016, he said in a statement on Monday.
