Philadelphia loses first female firefighter to blaze
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Philadelphia firefighter was killed battling an early morning blaze on Tuesday, becoming the city’s first female firefighter to die in the line of duty, officials said.
Missouri bar slammed for six-shot ‘Michael Brown’ tequila special
(Reuters) – A Missouri bar sparked protests after it offered a drink special on the weekend named after black teenager Michael Brown, whose shooting by police in Ferguson, Missouri, in August has sparked months of demonstrations.
NY police promise to rebuild trust as protests continue
BERKELEY, Calif./NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of the New York Police Department vowed on Tuesday to repair relations with poor and minority communities following the death of a suspect, even as protests over police violence flared across the United St…
Statues of Mary, Joseph vandalized at church in Chicago suburb
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Police in a Chicago suburb were investigating on Tuesday an act of vandalism at a Catholic church in which the heads were removed from statues of Mary and Joseph in a convent garden.
Florida man convicted in crash that killed four-year-old girl
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida hit-and-run driver faces a potential lifetime prison sentence after being convicted of causing a crash that killed a 4-year-old girl at a daycare center near Orlando, a spokeswoman for prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Police arrest Alaska man who planned to rob a bank, but not immediately
(Reuters) – An Alaska man who was confronted over loitering by an employee of a Juneau bank was arrested after he indicated that he planned to rob the institution but was waiting for an acquaintance to arrive, police said on Tuesday.
U.S. top court rejects worker pay for security-screening time
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to employers over worker compensation, ruling that companies do not have to pay employees for the time they spend undergoing security checks at the end of their shifts in a case …
Group gets $1 million to restore oldest structure on Washington’s Mall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group planning to restore and preserve the oldest existing structure on the National Mall in Washington will receive a $1 million grant to do the work, the group said on Tuesday.
Four Pennsylvania teens charged with negligence in death of friend
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Four western Pennsylvania teenagers face criminal prosecution for failing to help an ill friend who died, but they could have been protected by law if they had sought help, a prosecutor told local media on Tuesday.
Ex-British Guantanamo inmate says CIA ‘torture’ report won’t help
LONDON (Reuters) – A former British inmate of Guantanamo Bay said CIA “torture” of terrorism suspects, detailed in a U.S. Senate report on Tuesday, had fueled violence and the rise of Islamic State and that cataloguing it wouldn’t help.
