U.S. to probe Ferguson police force after shooting of teen: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is launching a civil rights probe into the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, several weeks after a white officer shot an unarmed black teenager, sparking racial unrest, the Washington Post repor…
Thirteen people hurt in chemical explosion at Nevada museum
(Reuters) – Thirteen people were hurt, including several children, in a chemical explosion on Wednesday at a museum in Reno, Nevada, where presenters demonstrating a so-called smoke tornado caused the blast with a faulty mixture, officials said.
Pro-fighter War Machine held in Las Vegas on 32 criminal charges
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Mixed martial arts fighter War Machine, accused of assaulting his porn actress ex-girlfriend and a man at her home last month, made his initial Las Vegas court appearance on Wednesday to face 32 criminal charges, including attempt…
Albino cobra on the loose in Southern California neighborhood
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Animal control specialists searched for an albino cobra that was on the loose on Wednesday in a Southern California suburb, where the venomous reptile has slithered around at least since it bit a dog two days ago, officials said…
Idaho polygamous sect follower in plea deal over child injury offenses
SALMON Idaho (Reuters) – A follower of a breakaway Mormon polygamous sect who came under public scrutiny after eight boys were taken from his Idaho home in a police raid will plead guilty to child-injury offenses in a plea agreement, prosecutors said o…
Feds probing some Chicago police-involved shootings: attorney
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The FBI and federal prosecutors are investigating some shootings in Chicago in which police were involved and in which a gun belonging to the person shot was not recovered, according to an attorney who represents police officers.
Oregon arsonist who posted ‘like my fire?’ on Facebook sent to prison
(Reuters) – An Oregon woman who set a 2013 wildfire to create work for her firefighter friends, an act of arson she later heralded in a “like my fire?” post on Facebook, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday.
Atlantic City’s laid off casino workers swell jobless rolls
ATLANTIC CITY N.J. (Reuters) – The closing of Atlantic City’s Revel casino has caused a rush of people signing up for unemployment benefits, with around 500 people lining up at a temporary resource center Wednesday morning.
Man charged in Kansas City triple slaying
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) – A Kansas man was charged on Wednesday with fatally shooting three people and critically injuring two others in a Kansas City neighborhood, prosecutors said.
Settlement reached over boy killed by fallen Alabama airport sign
BIRMINGHAM Ala. (Reuters) – The parents of a 10-year-old boy who died last year after a 300-pound (136-kg) sign fell on him at an Alabama airport settled a lawsuit on Wednesday with contractors who acknowledged their role in the accident, a lawyer for …
