Detroit’s Heidelberg Project art display devastated by suspicious fires
(Reuters) – Detroit’s Heidelberg Project has been struck by eight suspicious fires since May, the latest on Sunday, which have destroyed a large part of the art installation that has drawn international attention since the 1980s, authorities said.
South Carolina sheriff refuses to lower flag for Mandela
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – The U.S. flag flew high outside a sheriff’s office in South Carolina on Monday in defiance of an order from President Barack Obama to lower all flags in memory of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela.
Google bus blocked in San Francisco protest vs gentrification
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Google Inc commuter bus was blocked in San Francisco’s Mission district for about a half hour Monday morning, highlighting many residents’ growing concern that an influx of affluent technology workers is driving up costs in …
Los Angeles sheriff’s officials charged in jail misconduct probe
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Eighteen current or former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have been charged with corruption and civil rights violations stemming from a probe of misconduct inside the United States’ largest county jail sy…
Cold, ice grip U.S. as more snow to blanket East
(Reuters) – A deadly winter storm kept a tight grip on much of the United States on Monday as cold, snow and ice spread across the East Coast, snarling traffic and knocking out power to thousands.
U.S. wine dealer on trial for faking labels and selling counterfeits
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A California man who rose to become one of the country’s most prominent rare wine dealers systematically defrauded collectors by printing forged labels and selling counterfeit bottles, a U.S. prosecutor told jurors on Monday.
December 16 hearing set to consider Detroit bankruptcy appeals
DETROIT (Reuters) – The U.S. judge overseeing Detroit’s bankruptcy on Monday set a hearing for December 16 to consider whether to expedite appeals of his ruling that declared Detroit eligible for bankruptcy protection, allowing the appeals to proceed s…
Six missing in frigid Nevada after trip to abandoned mining camp
(Reuters) – Rescuers were searching on Monday for two adults and four young children a day after they were last seen near an abandoned mining camp in remote northwestern Nevada where they had gone to play in the snow, local authorities said.
Domestic violence case dismissed against ‘127 Hours’ adventurer
DENVER (Reuters) – Prosecutors dismissed a domestic violence case on Monday against Aron Ralston, whose harrowing tale of amputating his own forearm after he became trapped in a Utah canyon became a best-selling book and later a Hollywood film.
Newtown families urge kindness as shooting anniversary nears
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) – The families of many of those who died last year in a shooting rampage at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, gathered on Monday to encourage people to perform an act of kindness on the anniversary of the slay…
