Four bodies found floating in debris off Florida coast
(Reuters) – Four bodies were found floating in debris off the Atlantic coast of Florida on Sunday but no boat wreckage has been discovered, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Quake rocks California wine country, dozens injured
NAPA Calif. (Reuters) – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked wine country north of San Francisco early on Sunday, injuring dozens of people, damaging historic buildings, setting some homes on fire and causing power outages around the picturesque town of N…
Trayvon Martin parents to join rally for slain Missouri teen
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – The parents of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teenager shot dead in 2012, were expected to join the family of Michael Brown, killed by a police officer in Missouri this month, in a rally in St. Louis on Sunday to protest against p…
Hip-hop mogul Suge Knight shot in Los Angeles
(Reuters) – Hip-hop music mogul Suge Knight was among three people shot and injured early on Sunday morning at a nightclub in West Hollywood, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
Texas police chief shot dead during traffic stop
(Reuters) – The police chief of a small south Texas town was shot dead during a traffic stop on Saturday, a county sheriff said.
Phoenix police order new probe into mentally ill woman’s killing
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Phoenix’s police chief said on Saturday that an independent probe will be conducted into the death of a mentally ill woman who was shot and killed at her home last week by a police officer.
Two rallies, one racial divide over Ferguson shooting
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – As the crow flies the two rallies held Saturday afternoon over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white policeman were about 10 miles (16 km) apart, but the racial divide that separated them made that distance see…
Obama orders review of police use of military hardware
EDGARTOWN Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the distribution of military hardware to state and local police out of concern at how such equipment has been used during racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
Obama orders review of U.S. police use of military hardware
EDGARTOWN Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the distribution of military hardware to state and local police out of concern at how such equipment has been used during racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
Thousands march in New York City to protest police chokehold death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Reverend Al Sharpton led thousands of chanting but peaceful activists in a march across Staten Island on Saturday to protest the death of Eric Garner, who died after New York City police put him in a banned chokehold last month…
