Actor Jonathan Majors Avoids Jail After Domestic Violence Conviction
April 8 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jonathan Majors, a fast-rising Hollywood star before domestic violence charges derailed his career, avoided jail and was sentenced to one year of domestic-violence counseling on Monday after being found guilty of attacking his former girlfriend. The sentence…
New Mexico Mental Health First Responders Are Increasingly Civilians, Not Police
April 6 By Andrew Hay ALBUQUERQUE (Reuters) – Unarmed emergency responders Nevada Sanchez and Sean Martin take a police dispatch call in southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, a city with high rates of violent crime and police shootings. They have no enforcement powers or protective equipment…
Homicides in US Dropped by More Than 13% in 2023, FBI Data Shows
March 19 By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Homicides across the U.S. dropped by more than 13% in 2023, according to FBI data released this week, declining for the second consecutive year after a precipitous spike during the coronavirus pandemic. The largest cities – with a…
Alaska Airlines Cooperates With DOJ in Boeing 737 MAX Blowout Probe
March 9 By Devika Nair in Bengaluru (Reuters) -Alaska Airlines said on Saturday it is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice after a criminal investigation was opened into the Boeing 737 MAX blowout on its flight in January. “In an event like this, it’s…
Father of Michigan School Shooter Facing Manslaughter Trial
March 7 By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – A month after a Michigan woman was convicted of manslaughter in a school shooting carried out by her son, the boy’s father faced trial for the same unusual charge. The shooting was “a nightmare that was preventable and…
Fighting Cocaine Trafficking Still a U.S. Priority -Official
March 6 By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) – Fighting the cocaine trade remains a priority for the United States even as it works to tackle more lethal, synthetic drugs like fentanyl, the director of the U.S. narcotics control agency said. Rocketing consumption of fentanyl in…
Two Men Charged With Murder in Shooting Near Kansas City’s Super Bowl Rally
Feb. 20 By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Two men have been charged with murder in connection with a gunfight in Kansas City, Missouri, that killed one person and left more than 20 others wounded, including the suspects, at the fringe of last week’s Super Bowl victory…
Two Juveniles Charged in Kansas City Super Bowl Rally Shooting
Feb. 16 By Brad Brooks and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -Two teenagers have been charged as juveniles in connection with the shooting that killed one person and wounded 22 others in Kansas City, Missouri, near a Super Bowl victory rally for the city’s NFL champion Chiefs,…
NHL-Former NHL Player Formenton Charged by Police in Canada
Jan. 28 By Angelica Medina (Reuters) – Former NHL player Alex Formenton has been charged by police in London, Canada, in connection with an investigation into an alleged sexual assault by several members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team, his legal team said on Sunday….
Illinois Man Who Shot 8 People to Death Was Family to Most of His Victims
Jan. 23 By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – A man who fatally shot eight people in Illinois over the weekend before taking own life as law enforcement closed in on him in Texas was a family relative to most of his victims, but his motives remain…