Carey Gillam

Judge puts limits on use of tear gas in Missouri racial protests

June 20, 2019 at 6:17 a.m.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered St. Louis area police to issue warnings and give crowds reasonable time disperse before firing tear gas, following complaints by activists over heavy-handed police...

Mustafa Alshalabi cleans up Sam's Meat Market after it was struck by looters overnight.

Ferguson council faces angry calls for reform at first meeting since shooting

May 21, 2019 at 6:29 p.m.

City leaders in Ferguson, Mo., confronted demands for reform from an angry crowd at their first public meeting since last month's fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a...

St. Louis city police watch as the rain disperses protesters who had gathered to condemn the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.

Missouri police sued for $40 million over actions in Ferguson protests

June 21, 2019 at 10:22 p.m.

A group of people caught up in unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after a white officer killed a black teenager, sued local officials on Thursday, alleging civil rights violations through arrests...

Gun control group sues Kansas governor over gun rights law

May 23, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

OVERLAND PARK Kan. (Reuters) - A gun violence prevention group sued Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and the state's attorney general on Wednesday, challenging a one-year-old state law on the grounds...

Swimmers beware: water at some U.S. beaches may make you sick

May 14, 2019 at 6:12 a.m.

(Reuters) - Every summer millions of American families head for beaches, but few stop to think of the possibility that the water they swim in may harbor enough bacteria to...

Ex-football players sue NFL, claiming ‘culture of drug misuse’

August 25, 2021 at 5:09 a.m.

By Carey Gillam and Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - A group of retired pro football players sued the National Football League on Tuesday, saying they were illegally fed painkillers and told...

Webster’s dictionary adds ‘selfie,’ ‘tweep,’ ‘turducken’

May 14, 2019 at 6:03 a.m.

"Selfie," "tweep" and "turducken" were among more than 150 new words and definitions added to the 2014 updated Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the publishing company said on Monday. The additions to...

Breakfast cereals loaded with too much sugar for U.S. kids: report

May 14, 2019 at 6:02 a.m.

By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - U.S. children are consuming more than 10 pounds (4.5 kgs) of sugar annually if they eat a typical morning bowl of cereal each day, contributing...

Vermont becomes first U.S. state to mandate GMO labeling

May 14, 2019 at 6:01 a.m.

Vermont on Thursday became the first U.S. state to mandate labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms as Governor Peter Shumlin signed a law that is widely expected to...

After years of good behavior, Missouri convict can skip sentence

August 25, 2021 at 4:37 a.m.

(Reuters) - A Missouri man who straightened his life out after being convicted of a 1999 robbery was officially proclaimed a free man on Monday when a judge determined it...

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