Shooting in Sacramento area prompts lockdown of nearby schools
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A woman was shot and wounded along a major thoroughfare of a Sacramento suburb on Monday, prompting a security alert and lockdown of nearby schools while police searched for the suspect, a Sacramento County sheriff’s spok…
Oklahoma sheriff’s official resigns after fatal shooting
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The No. 2 official at the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office has resigned weeks after the fatal shooting of a suspect by a reserve deputy who said he mistakenly fired his handgun instead of his Taser, the sheriff said on Monday.
Lynch inherits civil rights probes from Holder as attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A string of deadly confrontations between mostly white police and black men will be among the challenges immediately facing new Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who was sworn in on Monday.
Former S.C. sheriff sentenced to year in prison in public corruption case
(Reuters) – A former South Carolina sheriff who pleaded guilty in a public corruption case involving illegal immigrants was sentenced on Monday to a year and a day in federal prison and fined $10,000, a U.S. Attorney’s office said.
Police detain shooting suspect at Washington state school, no injuries
(Reuters) – A suspect in a Washington state high school shooting was apprehended on Monday by school staff with no injuries reported, police and the school district said.
Jury being picked for ex-NBA player Crittenton’s Atlanta murder trial
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of former National Basketball Association player Javaris Crittenton, who has been charged with murder for his suspected role in a 2011 drive-by shooting that killed an Atlanta mother of fo…
Jury in case of missing N.Y. boy starts ninth day of deliberations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jurors in the trial of a former deli worker who confessed to killing Etan Patz in 1979 began a ninth day of deliberations on Monday with a re-reading of testimony that implicated another, earlier suspect in the case of the missing …
U.S. top court throws out Obamacare contraception ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived religious objections by Catholic groups in Michigan and Tennessee to the Obamacare requirement for contraception coverage, throwing out a lower court decision favoring President Barack Oba…
Rescuers search for four boaters missing after Alabama storms
(Reuters) – Crews searched on Monday for four people missing after powerful thunderstorms caught them by surprise and capsized their sailboats during a weekend regatta off the Alabama coast, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.
Albuquerque police seek martial arts champ over hit-and-run
(Reuters) – Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, want to question mixed martial arts star Jon Jones over his possible involvement in a hit-and-run accident early on Sunday in which a pregnant woman was hurt, authorities said.
