California surfer injured in shark attack, beaches closed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A shark attack that left a surfer injured on the central California coast late on Thursday has prompted the closure of three public beaches in the area controlled by Vandenberg Air Force Base, the military installation said on F…
U.S. defends Ebola response, about 50 under observation
DALLAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials on Friday broadly defended the response to the country’s first case of Ebola, although one acknowledged that while the government was confident of containing the virus, it had been “rocky” in Dallas where th…
Hundreds of Harvard students receive email shooting threats: police
CAMBRIDGE Mass. (Reuters) – Hundreds of students and staff at Harvard University received emails on Friday from a sender who threatened to come to the Ivy League school “tomorrow” and shoot them, according to campus police.
New Mexico police shooting ruled unjustified, charges weighed
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – A special prosecutor may soon be appointed to determine whether to press criminal charges against two New Mexico police officers after a grand jury ruled that a 2013 shooting of a motorist in Santa Fe was unjustified, the D…
Los Angeles County jail system edges closer to court oversight
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is edging closer to court oversight of its jail system after the U.S. Department of Justice found mentally ill inmates were mishandled in vermin-infested facilities where suicides are …
Fire burning at Pennsylvania memorial for 9/11 victims: official
(Reuters) – A major fire broke out on Friday at the Flight 93 National Memorial’s headquarters complex in Pennsylvania, causing no reported injuries but extensive damage near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, crash of a hijacked airliner.
FBI assisting search for Saudi college student missing from California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The FBI has joined the search for a college student from Saudi Arabia who went missing from his Southern California home last month and has not been seen since, a spokeswoman for the agency said on Friday.
Colorado school board decision to review curriculum draws fire
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado school board’s vote to review advanced placement curriculum in the state’s second-largest district drew more criticism on Friday, despite removing wording from a proposal that triggered student walkouts and teacher sick-ou…
U.S. defends Ebola response, about 50 under observation
DALLAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials on Friday broadly defended the response to the country’s first case of Ebola, although one acknowledged that while the government was confident of containing the virus, it had been “rocky” in Dallas where th…
New investigation in Florida woman’s 2010 fatal shooting
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Florida authorities opened a new investigation into the 2010 death of a woman whose shooting was ruled a suicide, her family’s attorneys said on Friday, after questions were raised about the local police department’s handling of …
