Obama says U.S. blacks better off overall than when he began presidency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday that U.S. blacks are better off now than they were when he began his presidency in 2009, but that the gap between blacks and whites remains.
Overseas tip led FBI to recover stolen art worth up to $24 million
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An overseas tip investigators received six years after one of the biggest art heists in Los Angeles led to the return of nine stolen paintings, including works by Marc Chagall and Diego Rivera, collectively worth as much as $24 …
Influential Rabbi Harold Schulweis dies at 89 in California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rabbi Harold Schulweis, a tireless innovator who implored followers to fight against genocide and see Judaism as a religion with universal significance, has died at age 89 at his Los Angeles home, his synagogue said in a stateme…
Indiana stage collapse survivors settle for $50 million: lawyers
(Reuters) – Survivors and bereaved family members of a deadly August 2011 Indiana State Fair stage collapse have reached a settlement totaling nearly $50 million, plaintiffs’ lawyers said on Friday.
Pennsylvania prosecutor to seek death for couple in toddler’s murder
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for a Pennsylvania mother and her boyfriend accused of beating her 3-year-old son to death, a spokeswoman for the Chester County District Attorney said on Friday in announcing a formal…
ACLU seeks halt U.S. detentions of immigrant families seeking asylum
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union and others have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Central American immigrants seeking to halt the Obama administration from placing immigrant women with children seeking asylum in detention centers….
U.S. offers reward for poacher who shot bald eagle in Connecticut
BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. wildlife authorities are on the hunt for a poacher who shot a bald eagle to death last week in Connecticut, officials said on Friday, announcing a $5,000 reward.
Man allegedly used Ponzi scheme proceeds to freeze deceased wife
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man U.S. prosecutors say bilked investors out of $5 million by telling them he would invest it in commodities and currencies allegedly used some of the money to have his wife cryogenically frozen after she died, according to a co…
California’s winter storms spark hope for recovery from three-year drought
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The wet weather that has soaked California for the past few weeks may be a sign that the state is beginning to pull out of its devastating three-year drought, climate experts said on Friday.
NY police officer apparently punches teen in video, probe underway
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police are investigating a plainclothes officer who appears to punch a teen-aged black boy during an arrest that was captured on video and widely circulated on the Internet, the department said on Friday.
