Florida triple murder suspect dies after standoff in Tennessee
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – A U.S. military veteran suspected in the Memorial Day weekend killings of three people in Florida died on Tuesday after he shot himself during a standoff with a SWAT team in Tennessee, officials said.
Republican senator spars with veterans groups on care delays
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Republican on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee fired back at some leading veterans groups on Tuesday after they accused him of a “mean spirited” attempt to politicize the scandal over delays in medical care at VA hos…
New York police to carry heroin antidote as overdoses double
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police will begin carrying large amounts of anti-opiate drugs in an effort to combat a recent spike in heroin deaths, law enforcement officials said on Tuesday.
Chinese man gets 70 months in prison for smuggling ivory
NEWARK N.J. (Reuters) – A Chinese antiques dealer was sentenced to 70 months in prison on Tuesday as the ringleader of a crew that smuggled rhinoceros horn and elephant ivory artifacts from the United States to China.
Maryland man charged with attempting to hijack bus in Ohio
(Reuters) – A Maryland man was charged on Tuesday with threatening to hijack a Chicago-bound passenger bus in downtown Columbus, Ohio, with a pellet gun in an incident that left him and a passenger wounded by police, according to authorities and bus co…
White supremacist faces five new charges in Kansas shootings
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) – A white supremacist charged in the killings of three people at two Jewish facilities near Kansas City in April was charged on Tuesday with committing five other crimes that day, including three attempted murders.
Florida woman, 46, sets record for birth via in-vitro fertilization
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – A 46-year-old Orlando woman has become the oldest mother in the United States, and possibly in the world, to give birth to a healthy baby through in-vitro fertilization using her own fresh eggs.
U.S. agents help probe ‘bottle bomb’ incidents near Washington
ANNAPOLIS Md (Reuters) – Federal bomb experts were helping investigate a spate of “bottle bomb” incidents at AMC movie theaters in Virginia and Maryland, a spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on Tuesday.
Political groups seek audit of NYPD surveillance tactics
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A coalition of political activists filed a complaint on Tuesday seeking an audit of New York City police surveillance practices, saying law enforcement overstepped privacy protections and spied on political groups and their members…
Blasts, fire at New Mexico biofuels plant spark brief evacuations
(Reuters) – More than 1,000 residents of a rural New Mexico county were briefly ordered to evacuate on Tuesday following a series of explosions and a major fire at a biofuels plant, county officials said.
