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.
Phoenix man arrested for killing woman, dumping body in suitcase
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A Phoenix man has been arrested for killing a woman, stuffing her body into a large suitcase and leaving it beside a trash bin, court records showed on Monday.
Gunman in 2012 mass shooting at Alabama bar gets 30 years
(Reuters) – An Alabama man was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to opening fire in a Tuscaloosa bar during a night-long crime spree in 2012 in which he wounded 17 people, prosecutors said on Monday.
New York prosecutor seeks to probe police killings of unarmed civilians
NEW YORK/BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – New York State’s top prosecutor on Monday sought the power to probe all police killings of unarmed civilians in his state, following sometimes violent U.S. protests over two grand juries’ moves to clear officers in…
Two Pennsylvania men get life in prison in murder of disabled woman
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Two Pennsylvania men received life prison sentences on Monday after pleading guilty to charges they beat, stabbed and burned to death a mentally disabled woman one of them had befriended.
