Oklahoma civil rights pioneer Nancy Davis dies at 88
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Nancy Randolph Davis, a prominent Oklahoma civil rights activist who in 1949 became the first African-American to enroll at then segregated Oklahoma State University, has died at the age of 88, officials said on Wednesday.
Ex-U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. to be released from prison: USA Today
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. is set to be released from prison on Thursday to a halfway house in Washington, D.C., after spending roughly half of his 30-month sentence behind bars, USA Today reported.
Two dead in Nashville, Tenn. crash that shut down I-40 lanes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Two people were killed on Wednesday morning in a three-vehicle rollover accident in Nashville which shut down several lanes of Interstate 40 at the start of rush hour, police said.
U.S. ATF had to ditch $600,000 worth of surveillance drones: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spent about $600,000 on six drones that had so many defects they were never used for video surveillance as planned, and were eventually ditched, the Justice Department’…
Two men arrested in Maryland high school shooting
(Reuters) – Maryland police have arrested two men for a high school shooting during a basketball game in February that wounded two students, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.
U.S. drivers extend record mileage gains in January: FHA
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rapid rise in the number of miles driven by U.S. motorists continued into January, federal data showed this week, with travel gaining 4.9 percent from a year ago to another record high.
Pro motorcycle rider Westby dies in Oklahoma crash
(Reuters) – Professional motorcycle racer Dane Westby, 28, was killed in a Tulsa, Oklahoma street crash when the motorcycle he was riding jumped a curb and hit a concrete wall and utility pole, police said on Wednesday.
U.S. justices throw out ruling that upheld Alabama redistricting plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A closely divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a lower court ruling that upheld a state legislature redistricting plan in Alabama that packed black voters into certain districts in a way critics say diminished their …
U.S. losing ‘information war’ to Russia, other rivals: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is losing an information war to Russia, Islamic State and other rivals, says a new report that calls for a strengthening in U.S. counter-propaganda efforts and an overhaul of the government’s international broad…
Suspect dead after shooting that killed California police officer
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A suspected shooter in the San Francisco Bay Area city of San Jose was found dead from a gunshot wound following an exchange of gunfire with police on Tuesday night that killed one officer, local authorities said.
