Obama to name Sally Yates as pick for deputy attorney general
HONOLULU (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Monday that U.S. Attorney Sally Yates will be his nominee for deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, a U.S. official said.
In wake of police killings, New York officers on edge
(Reuters) – On December 13, as thousands of protesters mobbed the New York streets, Yuseff Hamm, an NYPD police officer, was monitoring the demonstrations from a mobile command unit near the Brooklyn Bridge. As the protest drew near, Hamm and his fellow officers could hear the chants of the noisy throngs: “What do we want? Dead cops. When do we want them? Now.”
Florida police officer killed; suspect charged with murder
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A veteran Florida police officer was shot and killed while on duty early Sunday by a man described as transient, according to law enforcement officials, who gave no motive for the suspect now charged with murder.
Protesters shut down part of Mall of America in Minnesota
(Reuters) – More than 1,500 protesters against police violence shut down part of the Mall of America in Minnesota on Saturday, resulting in about 25 arrests during the final weekend before Christmas as shoppers scrambled to buy gifts at one of the nati…
Two New York police officers killed, gunman dead: NYT
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gunman fatally shot two New York police officers as they sat in their squad car on Saturday and then killed himself, the New York Times reported, in the first deaths of police officers by gunfire in the city in three years.
Protesters shut down part of Mall of America in Minnesota
(Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters against police violence shut down part of the Mall of America in Minnesota on Saturday, during the final weekend before Christmas as shoppers scrambled to buy gifts at one of the nation’s largest shopping centers, a c…
Child tests negative for Ebola at Chicago hospital
(Reuters) – A child being monitored for Ebola in a Chicago hospital has been discharged after testing negative for the virus, the state health agency said on Saturday.
Megabus rollover in Indiana injures at least 28
(Reuters) – More than two dozen people were injured on Saturday when a commercial passenger bus traveling to Atlanta from Chicago crashed in Indiana, officials said.
Obama approves U.S. World War One memorial in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has approved the creation of a national memorial to commemorate World War One in which more than 116,000 Americans died, the memorial’s commission said on Saturday.
Guy Harvey, marine artist and environmentalist, fishes for growth
ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – Guy Harvey stared at a mural of his marine paintings – images that are reproduced on 2 million T-shirts a year – and frowned at a butterfly fish. The Pacific species didn’t belong among the Florida wildlife depicted at …
