Mass shootings on the rise in United States, FBI report finds
(Reuters) – Mass shootings have occurred in the United States with increasing frequency over the past 14 years, with 486 people killed in 160 incidents, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation analysis released on Wednesday.
Jury seated in north Florida retrial of loud music shooting
JACKSONVILLE Fla. (Reuters) – A jury was seated on Wednesday in the north Florida retrial of a middle-aged white man charged with killing an unarmed black teenager during a dispute over loud rap music.
Appeals court overturns ruling that halted Wisconsin campaign probe
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned an earlier ruling that had halted an investigation in Wisconsin into possible illegal coordination between Governor Scott Walker’s campaign and special interest groups in 2011 and 20…
Jury seated in north Florida retrial of loud music shooting
JACKSONVILLE Fla. (Reuters) – A jury was seated on Wednesday in the north Florida retrial of a middle-aged white man charged with killing an unarmed black teenager during a dispute over loud rap music.
Los Angeles officials give initial OK to $15.37 minimum wage for hotel workers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Workers at large Los Angeles hotels would see their wages rise to $15.37 an hour under a measure given preliminary approval by city leaders on Wednesday that would grant employees in that sector one of the highest wage floors in…
Prosecutors will not seek death penalty in hot-car death of Georgia toddler
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against a Georgia man indicted for murder after leaving his 22-month-old son strapped in a hot car for seven hours in June, the local district attorney announced Wednesday.
Seattle judge dismisses every pot ticket for first seven months of year
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Seattle judge on Wednesday dismissed every citation for public marijuana use written in the first seven months of this year after city officials said the tickets were disproportionately handed out to black men.
NY City mayor says son takes phone to school, recommits to lifting ban
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s teenage son, who helped his father’s election campaign with a sentimental commercial, may now be influencing his dad to move forward with a new policy for cellphone use in the city’s public scho…
Survivalists on FBI ‘Most Wanted List’ prove elusive
NEW YORK (Reuters) – With the intense manhunt for a survivalist accused of gunning down two Pennsylvania State Police troopers in its second week, Governor Tom Corbett has vowed the quick capture of the man, Eric Matthew Frein.
Harvard names Stephen Blyth to oversee $36 billion endowment
BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard University said on Wednesday that Stephen Blyth will become president and chief executive of the unit that runs its $36 billion endowment.
