Denver policeman fired for excessive force on female inmate
DENVER (Reuters) – A 16-year veteran police officer has been fired for using “egregiously disproportionate” force to subdue a woman who had been taken into custody for resisting arrest in the latest incident involving alleged police brutality in Denver…
Man arrested for Arkansas murder nearly 50 years later
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A man who was a little too chatty with a cellmate in Delaware a few years ago was arrested on Tuesday for a murder that took place nearly a half-century ago in Arkansas, authorities said.
Venture firm Kleiner’s lawyer sharply questions ex-partner
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A lawyer for venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers peppered former partner Ellen Pao with questions in court Tuesday afternoon, but Pao stayed calm on the witness stand, answering with short, measured, responses.
Colorado fire crews find ‘my wife is a cheater’ scrawled on burning home
DENVER (Reuters) – Fire crews responding to reports of an explosion at a suburban Denver home early on Tuesday found the residence engulfed in flames with “my wife is a cheater” scrawled on the structure, authorities said.
Authorities search for missing California woman amid campus attacks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Authorities were searching on Tuesday for a 22-year-old woman reported missing near a Southern California university, saying concerns for her well-being were heightened by a string of recent campus crimes that included an attemp…
Deputy U.S. marshal shot dead in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A deputy U.S. marshal was killed in Louisiana on Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire with a fugitive wanted in connection with a double homicide, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Madison police shooting forces liberal city to look at race gap
MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) – The fatal police shooting of an unarmed biracial teen in Madison, Wisconsin, has cast a light on the divide between the liberal whites that dominate the university city and its black residents, who said this week they feel mar…
Use of force questioned in police killing of unarmed Georgia man
TUCKER, Ga. (Reuters) – Georgia state police were investigating on Tuesday the shooting death of an unarmed, black, naked man by a white police officer in an Atlanta suburb, with reports of the man’s erratic behavior leading to questions about unnecess…
Houston Ship Channel remains partially shut: U.S. Coast Guard
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Marine traffic in the Houston Ship Channel will remain partially halted until salvage ships retrieve an anchor that broke off a bulk carrier that collided with a tanker on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday.
University of Oklahoma expels two leaders of racist singing
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The University of Oklahoma has expelled two students for playing a leadership role in singing a racist song at a fraternity-linked event that was captured on video and viewed worldwide, the school’s president said on Tuesday.
