U.S. Border Patrol looking to hire more women for Mexican border
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Border Patrol is launching a recruitment effort to hire more women to work along the U.S. border with Mexico, in part because of a rise in the number of women being apprehended, a Border Patrol spokesman said Monday.
Damaged Seattle highway sank up to 1.2 inches since October
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Parts of a double-decker highway along Seattle’s waterfront have sunk up to 1.2 inches since October, possibly due to workers pumping groundwater out of a pit they are digging to salvage a tunnel project, Washington state officials …
Some $500,000 in gems, jewelry taken in Minnesota rest stop heist
(Reuters) – Thieves apparently trailed a van from a jewelry trade show in Illinois for several hours, then smashed the back windows early on Monday at a rest stop in southern Minnesota and made off with about $500,000 of loose diamonds and jewelry, aut…
San Jose State University evacuates classrooms over report of gunman
(Reuters) – San Jose State University in California evacuated a classroom building and adjoining faculty offices on Monday after a student reported overhearing a conversation about a gunman hiding in the building, a university spokeswoman said.
Clemson University fraternity suspended over gang-themed ‘Cripmas’ party
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A Clemson University fraternity has been suspended indefinitely by its national organization after some of its members threw a gangster-themed Christmas party over the weekend seen by many as racially insensitive. The Saturday night off-campus party, dubbed “Clemson Cripmas,” was thrown by the South Carolina school’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, which school officials say has no black members.
White Florida deputy shoots black man who witnesses say had hands up
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida sheriff called for calm after a 28-year-old unarmed black man in a stolen car was shot and critically wounded early on Monday by a white officer, after witness reports that the man had his hands up and amid racially …
San Jose State University evacuates classrooms over report of gunman
(Reuters) – San Jose State University in California evacuated a classroom building and adjoining faculty offices on Monday after authorities received an unconfirmed report of a gunman on campus, a spokeswoman said.
NYC jail guard charged in connection with inmate’s death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A guard at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex was indicted on Monday for failing to keep watch the night a mentally ill, homeless Marine Corps veteran died in a cell with heat topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Cels…
Chicago police investigate video of cop car playing ‘Alabama’ song
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago police said on Monday they are investigating an incident caught on video during a weekend protest that appears to show a Chicago police car blasting the song “Sweet Home Alabama.”
Executive plane crashes into Maryland house, kills six
(Reuters) – An executive jet crashed into a Maryland house on Monday, killing all three people aboard the plane and a mother and two children inside the house, a fire official said.
