Pregnant NY woman says she was put in chokehold by NYPD officer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York woman who is seven months pregnant complained on Monday that she was put in a chokehold by a New York police officer after barbecuing outside her home, fueling a controversy that has raged in the city following a man’s d…
Man acquitted in murder of Michigan college football player
(Reuters) – A man accused of murdering and robbing an Eastern Michigan University football player last October was acquitted of all charges by a jury on Monday.
Arizona inmate uses basketball hoop to leap to freedom
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A physically fit felon escaped from a detention facility in Arizona by scaling a basketball hoop in the yard and then jumping from it onto a fence, authorities said on Monday.
Judge allows $2 billion sale of NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers to proceed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The record $2 billion sale of pro basketball’s Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft Corp chief executive Steve Ballmer can proceed over the objections of co-owner Donald Sterling, a judge tentatively ruled on Monday.
San Diego council approves minimum wage hike to $11.50 an hour by 2017
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The San Diego City Council gave formal approval on Monday to an ordinance incrementally raising the minimum wage in California’s second-largest city to $11.50 an hour by January 2017, mostly for workers in the restaurant and retai…
Gary, Indiana, picks new police chief after ‘heinous’ murders
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Gary, Indiana, has picked a new police chief and is stepping up crime prevention efforts after the slaying of a police officer and other “heinous” killings, the city’s mayor said on Monday.
California drought dries up plans for historic gold rush celebration
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California’s drought has claimed yet another historic casualty in this parched capital city – the annual heritage celebration known as Gold Rush Days.
U.S. marshals, police wounded, fugitive dead in NYC gunfight
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two U.S. marshals and a New York police detective were wounded and a fugitive wanted on sex abuse charges was killed in a shootout in the city’s upscale Greenwich Village neighborhood on Monday, authorities said.
U.S. judge tells jury to take one more shot at Ventura verdict
ST. PAUL Minn. (Reuters) – A federal judge asked a jury on Monday to try one more time in a defamation case brought by former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura after the panel said it could not reach a verdict following about five days of deliberations….
Blast at Mississippi fish plant kills one, injures three
(Reuters) – One man died and three others were injured in a blast at a fish processing plant in southern Mississippi on Monday, authorities said.
