Ferguson police chief resigns after scathing Justice Dept. report
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – The police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, resigned on Wednesday, following a scathing U.S. Justice Department report that found widespread racially biased abuses in the city’s police department and municipal court.
Teen arrested over kidnap attempt caught on video in Washington state
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on kidnapping charges in Washington state stemming from an attempted abduction of a toddler that was caught on video and thwarted by the baby’s young siblings and other witnesses, officials said o…
Illinois pension reform faces skepticism in high court hearing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Reuters) – A state lawyer defending the landmark 2013 pension reform law faced tough questions on Wednesday from an Illinois Supreme Court judge at a high-stakes hearing about whether the legislature had the right to cut benefits.
Los Angeles men accused of running ‘pay-to-stay’ student visa scheme
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Three Los Angeles-area men who prosecutors say ran a “pay-to-stay” scheme in which hundreds of foreign nationals paid to use their schools as cover for U.S. student visas were arrested on Wednesday on a federal grand jury indict…
Underground bunker in Washington state linked to arrested fugitive: FBI
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Authorities in Washington state have discovered an underground bunker they believe was used by a convicted bank robber who fled police custody in 2009 and evaded arrest until last year, officials said on Wednesday.
Colonial Williamsburg may help guard Iraq relics imperiled by ISIS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Colonial Williamsburg, the living museum devoted to preserving early American history, has offered to help Iraqi cultural experts safely store relics threatened with destruction by Islamic State militants, a spokesman said on Wed…
Search continues in military copter crash off Florida that left 11 presumed dead
(Reuters) – Seven Marines and four soldiers were presumed dead after an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a nighttime training mission off Florida’s Gulf coast, where U.S. military officials continued a search-and-rescue operation on Wednesday afte…
Demonstrators protest police shooting in Madison, Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) – About 1,500 people, some banging plastic pails or blowing whistles, marched on Wednesday afternoon to the Wisconsin corrections department in Madison to protest the fatal police shooting last week of an unarmed biracial young …
Boston bombing jury hears ‘officer down’ police radio call
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer who found a colleague in his squad car covered in blood three nights after the Boston Marathon bombing frantically repeated two words into his radio “officer down, officer down.”…
U.S. Army: $500 million spent on empty buildings as troops cut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army is spending half a billion dollars a year to maintain empty or unused facilities, even as it faces budget cuts that could force it to slash 60,000 more troops, top Army officials told lawmakers on Wednesday.
