Bridgeport, Connecticut, industrial fire forces hundreds to evacuate
(Reuters) – An overnight fire that destroyed two buildings in an industrial area of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and forced about 400 residents to evacuate, also may have polluted a popular fishing area, officials said on Friday.
Torrential rains cause over $1 million worth of damage in Nevada county
(Reuters) – Torrential rains that drenched much of the U.S. Southwest and killed two women earlier this week caused more than $1 million worth of damage to roadways in a Nevada county, officials said on Thursday.
Judge awards $4.4 million to lawyers in Arizona racial profiling case
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday awarded more than $4.4 million to attorneys who won a long-running racial profiling case against the operations of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, although that pared the sum plaintiffs’ lawyers had sought by…
FBI probing Louisiana man’s suffocation death in fracas with police
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – The FBI is investigating the March suffocation death of a Louisiana man, a bureau spokeswoman said on Thursday, after a state agency reported he was heard saying he could not breathe while handcuffed and pinned down by police of…
South Carolina father accused of killing his five children
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina man was arrested on murder charges on Thursday after police said he killed his five children at their home, loaded their bodies in his vehicle, and drove to Alabama and dumped them in plastic trash bags in t…
Bankrupt San Bernardino, California, can cut firefighter benefits, judge says
RIVERSIDE Calif. (Reuters) – The city of San Bernardino, California, may impose cuts to its firefighters overtime and pension benefits in a bid to reach a bankruptcy exit plan, the federal judge overseeing the case said on Thursday.
U.S. Representative John Dingell, 88, released from hospital
(Reuters) – U.S. Representative John Dingell of Michigan, the longest- serving member of Congress ever, was released from a Detroit hospital on Thursday after being admitted earlier this week for abdominal pain.
Utah teacher shoots herself in leg with concealed weapon
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A Utah elementary school teacher with a state permit to carry a concealed firearm in class shot herself in the leg when the handgun went off, apparently by accident, while she was in a faculty restroom on Thursday, school dis…
St. Louis grand jury weighs charges in Ferguson shooting
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – The white officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in August, spurring a wave of violent protests, would be the first policeman charged for killing a suspect in St. Louis County in more than two decades.
Illinois sheriff admits misconduct in cyber stalking case, resigns
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A western Illinois county sheriff pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempted official misconduct and agreed to resign for attempting to cyber stalk an undocumented immigrant woman, officials said on Thursday.
