Oldest Navy facility is site of U.S. shooting, despite security checks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Washington Navy Yard, where 13 people were killed in a shooting rampage on Monday, is a sprawling walled complex that covers about 16 city blocks in the rapidly developing southeast corner of the U.S. capital, not far from it…
Man throws firecrackers over White House fence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man threw firecrackers over the White House’s north fence line on Monday, just hours after a deadly shooting rampage in the U.S. capital in which 13 people died, the U.S. Secret Service said.
North Carolina police shooting of unarmed man spurs civil rights call
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – Civil rights leaders in North Carolina are calling for crime scene video evidence to be made public after police said an officer shot an unarmed, 24-year-old former college football player 10 times.
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Richmond, California mortgage plan
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a mortgage industry lawsuit challenging the City of Richmond, California’s plan to potentially use eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages.
Seven confirmed dead, 1,500 homes destroyed in Colorado floods
DENVER (Reuters) – Seven people were confirmed dead and at least 1,500 homes destroyed in Colorado after a week of rare, torrential rains along the eastern slopes of the Rockies, and helicopter search-and-rescue flights resumed on Monday in flood-stric…
Ex-TSA agent ordered held without bail on LAX threat charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former federal airport screener was ordered held without bail on Monday, pending trial on charges he made threats against Los Angeles International Airport two months after he was suspended for telling a teenage girl she was d…
Navy Yard suspect is ex-military man, once worked in Thai restaurant
(Reuters) – A man suspected of the shooting at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. on Monday was described as a former military serviceman known to have at one time worshipped at a Buddhist temple and worked in a Thai restaurant.
Christian rock singer to stand trial in California murder-for-hire
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The lead singer in a heavy metal Christian rock band has been ordered by a California judge on Monday to stand trial for allegedly attempting to hire an undercover sheriff’s deputy to kill his estranged wife.
Suspected U.S. shooter worked as civilian IT contractor for Navy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aaron Alexis, the 34-year-old suspected shooter behind Monday’s rampage at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, was at some point a civilian contractor for the U.S. Navy in the information technology area, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus s…
Investors see four million signing up for Obamacare in 2014: survey
(Reuters) – Investors expect 4 million Americans to initially enroll in the state insurance marketplaces created under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, according to a survey released on Monday, as concerns mount that technical glitches cou…
