San Francisco police officer resigns amid racist text probe
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A San Francisco police officer involved in a scandal over racist and homophobic text messages allegedly sent by four officers has resigned, officials said on Thursday.
Seventy years on, Japan, U.S. remember epic Iwo Jima battle
TOKYO (Reuters) – When Yoshitaka Shindo was a boy, he did not hear much from his family about his grandfather Tadamichi Kuribayashi, commander of the Japanese troops who fought and died in the bloody battle of Iwo Jima.
Judge says Alabama to halt executions until U.S. high court drug ruling: newspaper
(Reuters) – An order issued by a federal judge in Alabama said the state has agreed to halt scheduled executions until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a case challenging another state’s lethal injection protocol, the Birmingham News reported on Thursda…
U.S. veterans, Koreans seek conditions for Japan PM address to Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An organization for former U.S. prisoners of the Japanese and a Korean-American forum say Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should only be invited to address the U.S. Congress during an expected visit if he acknowledges Japan’s …
Teen accomplice gets 16 years in Spokane murder of World War Two vet
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state teenager was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Thursday for his role in the murder of an 88-year-old World War Two veteran who was beaten to death during a robbery outside a Spokane fraternal lodge, his lawyer sa…
Rookie LAPD officer sought in murder likely fled to Texas: FBI
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A rookie Los Angeles police officer accused of killing a man after a fight in the bar district of a Southern California community was driven to a Texas city on the Mexican border by his father last week and has not been seen sin…
FBI probing death of black man hanging from tree in Mississippi
(Reuters) – The FBI is investigating the death of a black man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi on Thursday in what may be either a crime or a suicide, the agency said.
Suspect in fatal Arizona shooting rampage appears in court
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona ex-convict appeared in court on Thursday accused of killing one person and wounding five others in a shooting rampage that began at a motel in suburban Phoenix and ended with the suspect’s capture four hours later.
DIY bomb instructions, device remains shown at Boston trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – The Boston Marathon bombing trial jury on Thursday saw the remains of a pressure-cooker bomb that prosecutors say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hurled at police during a gunfight four days after the bombing as well as jihadist files recovered fr…
Britain’s Prince Charles meets Obama on U.S. goodwill tour
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla met with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday as part of a goodwill tour of the United States.
