Arizona sheriff ordered to undergo training to stop racial profiling
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday ordered a controversial Arizona sheriff to undergo the same training as his deputies to prevent racial profiling and unlawful detention in the wake of the lawman’s recent comments.
Man who disappeared from NFL game in Denver found safe
DENVER (Reuters) – A man who went missing during a National Football League game in Denver last week has been found safe in a southern Colorado city, police said on Tuesday.
Arizona jail inmate shot, killed in botched escape bid
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona jail inmate who managed to slip out of restraints and flee during a routine trip to a Phoenix hospital on Tuesday was shot and killed in the foiled pre-dawn escape bid, authorities said.
Execution in Texas comes as U.S. capital punishment drop
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Texas executed a convicted murderer on Tuesday and Missouri plans to put a man to death early Wednesday for killing a mother and children at a time when the number of executions in the United States is on pace to be the lowest …
Nearly 40,000 oppose Idaho wolf-hunting contest
SALMON Idaho (Reuters) – A controversial hunting contest in Idaho that rewards killing the most wolves and other animals on public lands has generated nearly 40,000 comments by those opposed to an event that requires a federal permit, U.S. land manager…
Cyber breaches put 18.5 million Californians’ data at risk in 2013: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Cyber intrusions and other data breaches put the personal records of 18.5 million Californians, nearly half the state’s population, at risk in 2013, a seven-fold increase over the year before, the state attorney general reported…
U.S Supreme Court temporarily halts execution of convicted Missouri killer: court
(Reuters) – The U.S Supreme Court late on Tuesday temporarily halted the execution of a convicted Missouri killer while the court decides whether or not to hear his appeal.
Molten lava from Hawaii volcano crosses onto residential property
PAHOA Hawaii (Reuters) – A menacing river of molten lava that bubbled over a road and overran a cemetery on its way towards a village on Hawaii’s Big Island crossed onto a residential property on Tuesday and threatened to consume its first home, offici…
Suspicious cyber activity at White House detected, addressed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Suspicious cyber activity has been detected on the computer network used by the White House and measures have been taken to address it, a White House official disclosed on Tuesday.
First trial in college band-hazing death begins in Florida
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – Tradition is no excuse for the 2011 fatal hazing of a Florida college marching band member, prosecutors told a jury on Tuesday, as testimony began in a case that triggered a national conversation about abusive rituals.
