Case opens against Alabama woman accused of running granddaughter to death
GADSDEN, Ala. (Reuters) – An Alabama woman accused of killing her granddaughter acted like a military drill instructor when she forced the 9-year-old to run back and forward in a yard carrying wood for almost three hours as punishment for lying about h…
Colorado police say black man fatally shot last week was unarmed: report
DENVER (Reuters) – Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora said on Monday that an individual who was fatally shot by an officer during an incident on Friday was an unarmed 37-year-old black man, the Denver Post newspaper reported.
Philadelphia’s ‘Black Madam’ found guilty in buttocks injection death of Londoner
(Reuters) – A Philadelphia hip-hop artist known as the “Black Madam” was found guilty on Monday of third-degree murder in the accidental killing of a British woman by an illegal injection of silicone into her buttocks, court officials said.
Florida bans use of ‘climate change’ by state agency: report
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Climate change activists blasted Florida Governor Rick Scott on Monday for leading an “Orwellian” campaign to ban employees of the state’s lead environmental agency from using such terms as “global warming” and “climate change.”
Florida probing cyber-attacks that delayed school testing
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida authorities are investigating cyber-attacks that delayed newly computerized standardized school testing last week, the state education commissioner and the head of the state law enforcement department said on Monday.
Oklahoma University shuts ‘disgraceful’ fraternity for racist video
NORMAN, Okla. (Reuters) – The University of Oklahoma closed a fraternity linked to a video of students singing racial epithets, ordered its members to move out of the house and labeled the actions of those involved “disgraceful.”
Illinois official says work to cut local governments begins this week
(Reuters) – A new task force charged with cutting some of Illinois’ nearly 7,000 local governments, the highest number of any U.S. state, will be unveiled this week, according to the state’s lieutenant governor.
Flight crew cite brake problem in Delta NYC accident: NTSB
(Reuters) – A brake problem may have caused a Delta Air Lines Inc jet to skid off a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport last week, according to testimony from the flight’s crew, federal safety investigators said Monday.
Parents of man shot by LAPD officers sue again, charging racism
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The parents of an unarmed black man shot to death by two Los Angeles police officers have filed a second lawsuit against the police department and city, alleging their son was targeted for excessive force because of his skin col…
‘You’re on fire’: witness recalls Boston blast aftermath
BOSTON (Reuters) – Moments after being blasted into the air “like a rocket” in the Boston Marathon bombing, nurse Jessica Kensky saw that her husband’s leg had been blown off and leaped into action, struggling to put a tourniquet on him, she testified …
