Obama criticizes Ferguson as city seeks settlement over racial bias
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday condemned the Missouri city of Ferguson for “oppressive and abusive” actions against African-Americans that were laid bare in a U.S. Justice Department report accusing police and court officials of a range o…
Police raid Arizona homeless protest camp, make drug arrests
TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) – Police have raided a sprawling protest camp of homeless people in Tucson, Arizona, and arrested six people, including the leader of the demonstration, on charges including possession and sale of drugs, authorities said on Frid…
Police block striking refinery workers from entering Shell Houston HQ
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Police blocked several hundred striking laborers from entering Shell Oil Co’s downtown Houston headquarters during a protest on Friday to demand a new labor contract for U.S. refinery workers.
Obama administration files brief in top court backing gay marriage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The administration of President Barack Obama on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that states cannot ban gay marriage.
CIA to make sweeping changes, focus more on cyber ops: agency chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Central Intelligence Agency will make one of the biggest overhauls in its nearly 70-year history, aimed in part at sharpening its focus on cyber operations and incorporating digital innovations, CIA director John Brennan said…
Ohio State football player showed no signs of a brain disease – coroner
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio State football player who committed suicide last year did not show signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease sometimes found in athletes with repetitive brain trauma, a coroner’s report said o…
FBI offers $25,000 reward for information on U.S. judge’s shooting in Detroit
(Reuters) – The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information on the shooting of a federal judge during an apparent robbery attempt outside his home in Detroit, the agency said on Friday.
Derailed U.S. oil train still burning; shipment delays expected
(Reuters) – The wreck of a derailed BNSF Railway [BNISF.UL] train loaded with crude oil from North Dakota was still burning in Illinois on Friday, and the company warned that shipments along the line could be delayed up to 48 hours.
Jodi Arias trial to cost Arizona taxpayers more than $3.2 million: officials
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The trials of convicted murderer Jodi Arias in Arizona will end up costing taxpayers more than $3.2 million to cover defense and prosecution expenses during the closely watched proceedings, county officials said on Friday.
Prosecution rests in case of New York boy’s 1979 murder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors rested their case in the trial of a former grocery worker accused of the 1979 choking murder of a New York City boy, wrapping up on Friday with testimony of a medical examiner describing how strangulation and asphyxiati…
