Former President George H.W. Bush spends Christmas in hospital
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush remained hospitalized on Thursday near his home in Houston after experiencing shortness of breath this week, and was in “great spirits,” his spokesman said.
Two more NY men arrested for threatening police
(Reuters) – Two more men have been arrested for threatening New York police, including one who called the precinct headquarters of two officers killed as they sat in their patrol car and asked to speak to one of them, a police spokesman said on Thursda…
Protests flare after Missouri police killing of armed black man
BERKELEY, Mo. (Reuters) – Protests flared into early Thursday in the St. Louis suburb where a white policeman fatally shot a black man who brandished a gun at a gas station on Tuesday night.
Two more NY men arrested for threatening police after officers killed
(Reuters) – Two more men have been arrested for threatening New York police, including one who called the precinct headquarters of two officers killed as they sat in their patrol car and asked to speak to one of them, a police spokesman said on Thursda…
Texas armored car driver accused of theft arrested in Colorado
(Reuters) – An armored car driver in Texas who abandoned his vehicle and made off with $200,000 has been arrested in Colorado on theft charges, and the missing money has been recovered, police said on Thursday.
CDC worker monitored for possible Ebola exposure in lab error
(Reuters) – A laboratory technician for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been placed under observation for possible exposure to the deadly Ebola virus due to an apparent mix-up in lab specimens, the Atlanta-based agency said on W…
Three injured, two critically, in shooting at Chicago train station
(Reuters) – Three people were injured, two of them critically, after a gunman opened fire in a Chicago train station on Wednesday night, police said.
Four shot, one fatally, in downtown St. Louis
(Reuters) – A shooting at a downtown St. Louis convenience store on Wednesday left one person dead and three others badly wounded, police said.
Shooter kills man in Louisiana mall on Christmas Eve
(Reuters) – A gunman opened fire inside a New Orleans-area mall still busy with shoppers on Christmas eve, killing a man before he was taken into custody, police said on Wednesday.
Santa’s global flight under way, ‘All systems go’: U.S. military official
DENVER (Reuters) – Santa Claus has embarked on his annual Christmas Eve mission to deliver presents to millions of children after a smooth take-off from his North Pole base, at least according to U.S. military officials who track his reindeer-powered s…
