Schools reopen in Baltimore, streets quiet after curfew
Residents obeyed an all-night curfew enforced by 3,000 police and National Guardsmen.
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Schools reopen in Baltimore, streets quiet after curfew
Residents obeyed an all-night curfew enforced by 3,000 police and National Guardsmen.
Baltimore uneasily awaits answers on black man's death
By Scott Malone and Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Baltimore remained on edge on Wednesday, with police in riot gear deployed near the site of a wave of rioting as citizens expressed anger over the death of a black man after his arrest by local police. The smell of smoke hung in the air near a West Baltimore CVS pharmacy that was torched two days earlier, while area residents said
Baltimore uneasily awaits answers on black man's death
By Scott Malone and Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Baltimore remained on edge on Wednesday, with police in riot gear deployed near the site of a wave of rioting as citizens expressed anger over the death of a black man after his arrest by local police. The smell of smoke hung in the air near a West Baltimore CVS pharmacy that was torched two days earlier, while area residents said
Boston bomber trial focuses on older brother
Lawyers seeking to spare Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the death penalty will delve deeper into his older brother’s Islamist militant beliefs in court on Wednesday in an effort to cast him as the mastermind of the 2013 attacks. The 21-year old ethnic Chechen was found guilty earlier this month of killing three people and injuring 264 in the April 15, 2013 attack, the worst on U.S. soil since September
Boston bomber trial focuses on older brother
Lawyers seeking to spare Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the death penalty will delve deeper into his older brother’s Islamist militant beliefs in court on Wednesday in an effort to cast him as the mastermind of the 2013 attacks. The 21-year old ethnic Chechen was found guilty earlier this month of killing three people and injuring 264 in the April 15, 2013 attack, the worst on U.S. soil since September
U.S. top court sharply divided on Oklahoma execution drug
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sharply split as it considered a case brought by three death row inmates challenging Oklahoma’s method of execution by lethal injection as a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Conservatives on the court seemed likely to side with the state but the likely swing vote, Justice Anthony Kennedy, said little to indicate
U.S. top court sharply divided on Oklahoma execution drug
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sharply split as it considered a case brought by three death row inmates challenging Oklahoma’s method of execution by lethal injection as a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Conservatives on the court seemed likely to side with the state but the likely swing vote, Justice Anthony Kennedy, said little to indicate
Germans switch sausage for soya over green, health concerns
By Emma Thomasson BERLIN (Reuters) – Germans, known for their love of sausages, are eating less meat and more vegetarian food as concerns grow about health, animal welfare and the environmental cost of livestock farming. Meat consumption is stable or declining in most developed countries but the shift is particularly striking in Germany, Europe’s biggest pork producer and home to 1,500 varieties of sausage including Berlin’s favorite, the “Curry-Wurst.” The
Germans switch sausage for soya over green, health concerns
By Emma Thomasson BERLIN (Reuters) – Germans, known for their love of sausages, are eating less meat and more vegetarian food as concerns grow about health, animal welfare and the environmental cost of livestock farming. Meat consumption is stable or declining in most developed countries but the shift is particularly striking in Germany, Europe’s biggest pork producer and home to 1,500 varieties of sausage including Berlin’s favorite, the “Curry-Wurst.” The