Five hurt in North Carolina state fair ride accident
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – Five people were injured late Thursday, two seriously, when a carnival ride at the North Carolina State Fair suddenly restarted as passengers were exiting their seats after the ride ended, fair and law enforcem…
Former NSA director Hayden gives background interview, but in public
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former National Security Agency director Michael Hayden gave a series of background interviews on Thursday afternoon but chose an unusually public place to do it – an Amtrak train, according to fellow passenger Tom Matzzie.
Bratton, a cop with star power, may return to run N.Y. police department
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bill Bratton, a celebrity in the world of U.S. law enforcement, is once again tantalizingly close to the nation’s most coveted police job – commissioner of the New York Police Department.
Obama to chide Republicans on spending cuts at school event
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic President Barack Obama will take a swipe at austerity-minded Republicans on Friday ahead of a looming budget rematch, urging against the backdrop of a model school that spending, rather than belt-tightening, is key to …
California cop’s mistaken fatal shooting of boy unfolded in seconds
SANTA ROSA, California (Reuters) – No more than 10 seconds elapsed from the time sheriff’s deputies spotted a 13-year-old California boy carrying what they thought was an assault rifle and the moment they shot him dead, only to learn afterward the gun …
U.S. wildfire smoke poses health hazards to distant communities: report
(Reuters) – Massive clouds of smoke spewed from U.S. wildfires raging ever more intensely in recent summers send soot, carbon monoxide and other toxins far and wide, posing health hazards for distant communities, scientists warned in a study on Thursda…
Automatic budget cuts could hit Pentagon harder this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Months after the U.S. military was hit with a $37 billion budget cut that threw it into turmoil and confusion, the Pentagon is headed into the new fiscal year facing a similar threat that could have even more devastating conseque…
Mistakes made in Catholic clergy sex abuse probes: Minnesota archbishop
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic archbishop of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Archdiocese said on Thursday that serious mistakes had been made in the archdiocese’s investigations of allegations of sex abuse by clergy and he has ordered a review of …
Washington state 11-year-old faces charges after bringing gun to school
SEATTLE (Reuters) – An 11-year-old student faced charges of attempted assault and other crimes on Thursday after bringing a handgun, some 400 bullets, and several kitchen knives to his middle school in southern Washington state, police said.
Razing of Sandy Hook school massacre site begins Friday
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – The demolition of Newtown, Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 young children and six adults were shot to death last December, will begin on Friday under a cloak of secrecy meant to discourage souvenir-…
