U.S. border agency to amend use-of-force practices after killings
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, under fire for being too quick to use lethal force, will train officers to defuse threats following the deaths of at least 19 people since 2010 in incidents on the northern and southern…
Escaped California prison inmate recaptured after 36 years on the run
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California prison inmate who escaped 36 years ago while serving time for armed robbery has been recaptured in Arkansas, becoming California’s longest-sought fugitive inmate to be caught, a prisons spokeswoman said on Wednesday…
Suspension of Virginia students over pellet guns prompts debate
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – Two Virginia Beach students have been suspended for a year for firing pellet guns at fellow students, prompting debate over school safety and whether their punishment was appropriate.
Ex-Army translator gets 25 years in Taliban weapons sting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former translator for the U.S. Army in Iraq to 25 years in prison for trying to sell anti-aircraft missiles and other military weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Computer snags delay parts of Obamacare in some U.S. states
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The District of Columbia’s online health insurance exchange – one of 51 set up under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law – will be unable to perform two key functions when it opens on October 1, exchange officials announ…
Ex-Washington state campaign director charged with embezzling to feed gambling habit
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – The former head of a Democratic Party fundraising committee in Washington state has been charged with embezzling up to $300,000 in campaign contributions to feed a gambling habit, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
New Jersey residents spent less of summer at the shore: poll
(Reuters) – New Jersey residents spent less time than usual at the shore this summer, staying away due to weather and concern that businesses were closed after Superstorm Sandy, according to poll results released on Wednesday.
Teen arrested in Las Vegas in killing of mom and little brother
HENDERSON, Nevada (Reuters) – The 16-year-old suspect in the stabbing deaths of his mother and younger brother was arrested on Wednesday in an open-air food court on the Las Vegas Strip, authorities said.
U.S. IRS struggles to track its ‘Obamacare’ spending: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service needs to do a better job tracking its spending related to President Barack Obama’s new healthcare law, an IRS watchdog said on Wednesday.
Police hunt gunman who shot two on Long Island
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police launched a search for a gunman who they say shot two people, killing one, in what was described as a workplace incident on Wednesday morning in Garden City, Long Island, a suburb of New York, authorities said.
