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.
Former Uber driver charged in death of girl, six, in San Francisco
(Reuters) – A former driver with the online car service Uber has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the death of a 6-year-old girl who was struck in a San Francisco crosswalk on New Year’s Eve, law enforcement said on Tuesday.
Oklahoma City high school drops the name ‘Redskins’ for its team
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The Oklahoma City Public Schools Board has voted unanimously to remove “Redskins” as the nickname for a high school after hearing pleas from students and teachers who found the term offensive, school officials said on Tuesday….
