Kansas gun store owner dies after shootout during robbery attempt
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – The owner of a gun store died on Friday in a shootout with four men who were attempting to rob the business in Shawnee, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, police said.
University of Oregon sued over rape accusation involving athletes
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – A University of Oregon student who says she was raped by three players on the school’s basketball team has sued the university, saying officials had known one of the men was suspended from another college over sexual misconduct claims, lawyers said on Friday. 
U.S. prosecutors recommend criminal charges against Petraeus: N.Y. Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing criminal charges against former CIA chief David Petraeus for improperly providing classified information to a female Army Reserve officer with whom he was having an affair, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Golden Gate Bridge to close for weekend to get safety barrier
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A plan decades in the making to put an end to head-on collisions on the Golden Gate Bridge reaches fruition this weekend with the installation of a moveable roadway median, a project requiring a 52-hour closure, a bridge offic…
New York prosecutor in chokehold case seeks seat in Congress
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City prosecutor who presided over a grand jury that declined to indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man said on Friday he will run for the U.S. Congress.
Arkansas ex-judge in Charlize Theron adoption case pleads guilty to bribery
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A former Arkansas judge forced from the bench for disclosing confidential information about an adoption by actress Charlize Theron pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge on Friday in an unrelated case.
Body found off California coast 20 years ago identified as missing teen
(Reuters) – A body found floating off the coast of Northern California 20 years ago has been identified as a missing teenager last seen when he wandered away from a group of friends on a beach in 1995, police said on Friday.
L.A. police chief meets with activists over fatal shooting of unarmed man
LOS ANGELES – (Reuters) – The Los Angeles police chief met on Friday with African-American activists as he sought to defuse growing tensions over the fatal August police shooting of an unarmed black man, but declined their request to fire the two offic…
Florida medical marijuana backers seek law, ballot drive in 2016
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – The push to legalize medical marijuana in Florida continues with a two-pronged campaign, supporters said on Friday, sharing plans to mount another ballot drive in 2016 as a way to pressure state lawmakers to consider legis…
Two Detroit men to stand trial for death of French street artist
DETROIT (Reuters) – A judge ruled on Friday that two Detroit men accused in the murder of a 23-year-old French street artist will stand trial for his 2013 shooting death.
