Bill Bratton named next New York police commissioner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bill Bratton, a veteran police chief who has led departments across the country, was named on Thursday as New York City’s next police commissioner, taking over a force credited with a sharp drop in violent crime but criticized for …
Florida State star quarterback cleared in sex assault probe
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, considered the front runner for college football’s prestigious Heisman Trophy, will not be charged with sexual assault in a case that had put a cloud over his season, a state pr…
U.S. fast-food workers rally for higher minimum wage
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fast-food workers in hundreds of U.S. cities staged a day of rallies on Thursday to demand higher wages, saying the pay was too low to feed a family and forced most to accept public assistance.
Analysis: U.S. regulators could tarnish Jostens’ plan to be lord of the rings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jostens, already a titan in the market for class rings and other academic mementos, has forged a deal to buy a top rival but U.S. antitrust regulators could frown on the agreement if they think it will raise prices for the alread…
Child killed in Idaho school bus accident, 4 more hurt
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – An 11-year-old boy was killed and four more children injured on Thursday when a bus carrying elementary school students in Idaho collided with a dump truck at a rural intersection, state police said.
Two Britons to plead guilty to terror charges in U.S. court
(Reuters) – Two Britons facing trial in the United States for charges of supporting militant groups including al Qaeda by operating websites promoting jihad plan to change their pleas to guilty next week, court papers filed on Thursday showed.
White House reverses, says Obama met uncle and lived with him during law school
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama lived briefly with his Kenyan-born uncle while attending law school, the White House said on Thursday, reversing earlier statements that there was no record of the two men ever having met.
Florida State star quarterback cleared in sex assault probe
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, considered the front runner for college football’s prestigious Heisman Trophy, will not be charged with sexual assault in a case that had put a cloud over his season, a state pr…
Minnesota archdiocese identifies 30 priests accused of abusing minors
(Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis on Thursday identified 30 priests accused of sexually abusing minors in the archdiocese, which has been under fire for its past handling of clergy abuse cases in its part of Minneso…
U.S. repatriates Algerian Guantanamo detainees who fear going home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has repatriated two Algerians held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than a decade, the Pentagon said on Thursday, in what the men’s attorneys described as an involuntary transfer that ig…
