Minnesota woman charged with stealing passport to go to Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 20-year-old Minnesota woman was charged on Tuesday with stealing a friend’s passport to travel to Syria, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
Utah students back in class after boy arrested in gun scare
(Reuters) – A day after a 16-year-old boy brought a gun to a Utah high school with plans to shoot a girl and others, prompting his arrest and a campus-wide evacuation, students were allowed to return to class on Tuesday, police said.
‘New Abolitionist’ anti-slavery campaign launches in NY: TRFN
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A coalition of more than 120 leaders in business, government, media, the arts and human rights on Tuesday launched a campaign to end human slavery and trafficking in New York State.
Power restored after massive outage hits downtown Detroit
DETROIT (Reuters) – A massive outage on Tuesday cut power for as long as six hours to public buildings in Detroit ranging from city hall to a criminal courthouse, scores of public schools and more than three dozen buildings at Wayne State University, o…
New York prepares for protests as grand jury mulls police choke-hold death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York officials were preparing for likely protests as a grand jury decides whether to charge police in the death of a black man subjected to a banned choke hold, but aimed to avoid the kind of violence that engulfed a St. Louis …
NY case highlights controversy of prior convictions in sentencing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In 2012, Randy Washington, a Bronx man with a history of arrests, faced a choice between a plea deal with a 10-year prison sentence or going to trial on robbery, narcotics and related charges.
At least three dead in Tennessee crash between school buses: reports
(Reuters) – At least three people died and several were injured in a crash on Tuesday in Knoxville, Tennessee, involving two school buses, according to local media reports.
Gun reportedly fired at Texas Southern University, no injuries
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas Southern University police were searching for a person who reportedly fired a gun inside a dormitory at the college in Houston on Tuesday in an incident where no one was injured, the university said.
Elderly American dies in small plane crash in Bahamas, 10 survive
NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) – A small plane crashed in the sea near Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, on Tuesday, killing a 77-year-old American passenger and injuring 10 others who were rescued, officials said.
To woo Hollywood, L.A. to extend fee waivers to film on city property
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles city council approved measures on Tuesday to keep coveted film and TV production in the city by extending fee waivers to shoot on municipal property, including City Hall, which has served as a location for TV’s “Scandal” and “Newsroom” and the movie “Gangster Squad.”
