Ex-NFL defensive back charged with domestic assault in Virginia
(Reuters) – Former Washington Redskins defensive back Fred Smoot has been charged with domestic assault following an altercation at a suburban Washington home, police said Tuesday.
U.S. justices to consider police conduct in arrest of disabled woman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider whether police officers were required under federal law to accommodate a violent woman’s mental disability during an incident in San Francisco that led to her being shot multip…
Turkey and all the drippings: rain, snow may snarl U.S. holiday travel
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Treacherous weather predicted for the day before Thanksgiving prompted some of the 46.3 million Americans expected to travel this holiday weekend, the year’s busiest, to bump their flight and driving plans up to Tuesday.
New U.S. exhibit puts visitor in midst of World War Two
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A national museum commemorating the American experience of World War Two will open a new exhibit next month aimed at bringing the sounds and sensations of the conflict to new generations.
Supreme court to weigh challenge to Obama mercury air pollution rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to weigh a challenge by industry groups and some states to an Obama administration regulation intended to limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired p…
Why a small North Dakota town is taking on big rail
ENDERLIN, N.D. (Reuters) – After her shift at the TraXside Cafe in the southeast North Dakota hamlet of Enderlin, all Karla Souer wants to do is go home. Unfortunately for the 38-year-old waitress the commute, which should only last a minute or two, ca…
Only three in 10 Americans have HIV under control: government report
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Just 30 percent of Americans living with HIV have the virus in check, putting others at risk of infection, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.
Police say 61 arrested in rioting around Ferguson, Missouri
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – Some 61 people were arrested during a night of unrest in the St. Louis suburbs following a grand jury’s decision not to charge a white police officer for the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teen, the St. Louis County…
Sharpton slams grand jury process in Ferguson, Missouri, shooting
(Reuters) – Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton said the grand jury system was misused in the case of Michael Brown, the black teenager shot and killed in August by a white police officer in a St. Louis suburb.
Brown family attorneys blasts grand jury process
(Reuters) – Attorneys for the family of Michael Brown blasted the grand jury process that led to a decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed the black teenager in August.
