Monday 16 July 2018

Massachusetts police officer, bystander shot dead with officer's pistol

Massachusetts police officer, bystander shot dead with officer's pistol

A Massachusetts man is expected to be arraigned on murder charges Monday after being accused of killing a south Boston police officer and a bystander with the officer's pistol early Sunday, officials said.

Judge to hear how U.S. plans to reunite immigrant families

Lawyers for the U.S. government will return to a San Diego courtroom on Monday to update a judge about Trump administration plans for meeting a July 26 deadline to reunite as many as 2,500 immigrant children with their parents after separating them at the U.S.-Mexican border.

Comments by former clerks may backfire on Trump's high court pick

When it became clear that President Donald Trump was seriously considering nominating Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, the conservative judge's former law clerks swung into action as among his most energetic public cheerleaders.

Factbox: Handful of U.S. senators hold keys to Kavanaugh Supreme Court bid

President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court is now in the hands of the Senate, where the opposing forces are clear, except for a few senators who sometimes cross party boundaries, depending on the issues.

Suspect dead, three officers wounded in Kansas City shootouts

Police shot and killed a man on Sunday after a series of shootouts on the streets of Kansas City in which three officers were wounded and hospitalized in stable condition, officials said.

Raytheon's StormBreaker bomb enters operational testing phase

Missile maker Raytheon Co said its StormBreaker bomb had entered operational testing phase, bringing it a step closer to providing U.S. Air Force pilots with the capability to strike moving targets in adverse weather.

Sports betting no easy fix for U.S. gaming's most beleaguered industries

Long-struggling U.S. gambling industries hope to cash in on newly legal sports betting, but the growing wave of electronic and mobile gaming choices is considered more likely to change the face of those businesses rather than revive them.

Chicago police release video of shooting that sparked violent protests

Chicago police on Sunday released body camera footage of officers shooting dead a black man as he reached for his concealed handgun, hoping to quell two days of violent and peaceful protests that had branded the incident a case of police brutality.

Florida beach reopens after rare, double shark attack

Surfers warily returned to the waters off Fernandina Beach in northern Florida on Saturday after what appeared to be a rare, double shark attack the previous day.

Firefighter dies battling blaze near California's Yosemite

A firefighter was killed on Saturday while battling a wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park, California state fire officials said, bringing to at least 10 the number of such deaths this year as wildfires rage across the U.S. West.

Immigrant children, parents reunited faster under new court order

When Yolany Padilla was released from immigration custody in Seattle last week, she assumed she would be quickly reunited with her 6-year-old son, who had been taken from her at the U.S.-Mexico border two months earlier.

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