Reuters US Domestic News Summary

08/05/2016 8:57

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.

Obama warns Trump not to spread details of security briefings

President Barack Obama confirmed on Thursday that Donald Trump will get national security briefings ahead of the November election, but he warned the Republican candidate, whom he has called "unfit" for office, that information from the meetings must be kept secret. Obama, a Democrat who endorsed his former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 White House race, has made clear his dismay over Trump, a New York businessman who has proposed temporarily banning Muslims from entering the United States and building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.

No injuries after nose gear fails on plane in Baltimore: airline

All passengers and crew safely got off a Southwest Airline plane in Baltimore on Thursday after its nose gear failed as it was leaving its gate, the airline said in a statement. Southwest Flight 149 left its gate at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport as it was headed to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at about 7:45 p.m. local time when it experienced a failure of its nose gear, Southwest Airline said in a statement.

Black Lives Matter activist sues Baton Rouge police over arrest

A prominent activist in the Black Lives Matter movement, DeRay McKesson, on Thursday sued the chief of the Baton Rouge police department and other officials over the arrests of nearly 200 demonstrators during peaceful protests about police killings. In the federal civil rights lawsuit, which seeks class action status, McKesson and fellow protesters Kira Marrero and Gloria La Riva complained that police were unnecessarily aggressive in arresting them on July 9. The lawsuit covers arrests in the Louisiana capital between July 6 and July 11.

San Francisco gangster 'Shrimp Boy' sentenced to life in prison

San Francisco gangster Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison after his conviction on dozens of federal charges, including ordering the murder of a Chinatown rival, a U.S. Department of Justice spokesman said. The case against Chow was connected to a criminal sweep that ended the storied political career of a California state senator with allegations of bribery and gun-running.

Florida woman killed in London was retired educator, tennis player: media

A Florida woman killed in a knife attack in London this week was a mother, a retired special education teacher and an avid tennis player, local and national media said on Friday. Darlene Horton, 64, of Tallahassee died at the scene after a 19-year-old man with suspected mental health problems went on a rampage with a knife in central London's Russell Square on Wednesday evening, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.

South Dakota motorcycle rally gets back to normal after big 2015

Sturgis, South Dakota, is expecting its annual motorcycle rally to draw only about half of the 1 million people who came for the 75th anniversary last year, but the tiny city is viewing this as a return to normalcy. The 6,700 residents and hundreds of vendors expect the number of visitors and the amounts they spend at the event, which starts on Monday, to be as strong as in other years without special anniversaries.

Twin infant girls die in Georgia after left in hot car: media

Twin infant girls died after they were left in a car in northwest Georgia during a hot, humid day on Thursday, Atlanta media reported. The 15-month-old girls were found in a car parked outside an apartment complex in Carrollton, Georgia, about 50 miles (80 km) west of Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

California voters could decide future of climate change program

California voters could decide whether to extend the state's pioneering climate change program beyond 2020 when they go to the polls in two years, an official within Governor Jerry Brown's administration said on Thursday. Talk of a ballot initiative comes as a Brown-backed bill that would require the state to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 has stalled, despite polls showing high public support for the measure.

Texas professors ask U.S. court to ban guns in their classrooms

Three University of Texas professors asked a U.S. judge on Thursday to give them the option of barring students from bringing guns into their classroom after the state gave some students that right under a law then went into effect this week. The professors said academic freedom could be chilled under the so-called campus carry law backed by the state's Republican political leaders that allows concealed handgun license holders 21 and over to bring handguns into classrooms and other university facilities.

Court denies North Carolina motion to stay decision on voter ID law

A U.S. appeals court issued an order on Thursday denying North Carolina's motion to stay the court's decision last week striking down the state's voter ID law. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said staying its ruling now "would only undermine the integrity and efficiency of the upcoming election."

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