Four guards at NYC's Rikers jail convicted in beating, coverup
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four guards at New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex were convicted at trial in connection with the beating of an inmate and a subsequent cover-up effort, authorities...
View ArticleMore Charges in Sex Assault Case
MADISON, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network) - A criminal complaint filed Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court shows a suspended UW-Madison student is charged with 14 new felony charges and one misdemeanor,...
View ArticleFamily urges U.S. to reopen case of Louisiana detainee's death
By Ruthy MunozWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The family of Victor White III, a black man who died while in custody of sheriff's deputies in 2014, is calling on the U.S. Justice Department to reopen its...
View ArticleMMA Star's Vehicles Torched
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - A Milwaukee man, and MMA star, woke up Thursday morning to find fire torching three vehicles in his driveway.FOX 6 in Milwaukee reports that Anthony "Showtime" Pettis was the victim...
View ArticleEx-Colorado policeman gets 16 years for fatal on-duty shooting
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - A former Colorado police officer convicted of murder for fatally shooting a man in the back while on duty two years ago was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in...
View ArticleOregon militants acquitted of conspiracy in wildlife refuge seizure
By Scott BransfordPORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - A federal court jury on Thursday acquitted anti-government militant leader Ammon Bundy and six followers of conspiracy charges stemming from their role in...
View ArticleAuthor Backs Favre Story About Rodgers
UNDATED (WTAQ) - A day after Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers denied an exchange took place the way it was written in a biography about Brett Favre, the author of the book is speaking out."I...
View ArticleWisconsin college student charged with multiple sexual assaults
By Rory Carroll(Reuters) - Wisconsin prosecutors filed a criminal complaint against a University of Wisconsin-Madison student on Thursday, accusing him of sexually assaulting at least six women since...
View ArticleRecovery plan issued for U.S. Northwest salmon, steelhead
By Laura ZuckermanSALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - U.S. fisheries managers have unveiled a plan seeking to restore dwindling runs of salmon and trout that migrate 900 miles up the Snake River from the Pacific...
View ArticleMadoff trustee reaches $277 million accord with money manager's family
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - The court-appointed trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's firm said on Friday he has reached a settlement with the family of late Beverly Hills money manager Stanley Chais...
View ArticleAG Seeks John Doe Leak Probe
MADISON, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network) - Wisconsin’s attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to find out who leaked documents from a secret John Doe investigation.The documents released by...
View ArticleMondelez recalls two flavors of Oreo Fudge Cremes in U.S.
(Reuters) - Mondelez International Inc said on Friday it is recalling certain batches of two varieties of Oreo Fudge Cremes sold in the United States as their ingredient lists do not mention milk...
View ArticleNew Jersey's 'Bridgegate' defendants executed 'vicious' scheme: prosecutor
By Joseph AxNEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) - Two former allies of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie deliberately closed access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in a "vicious" and unlawful political...
View ArticleEx-Russian press minister's 2015 Washington death ruled accidental
By Mark HosenballWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death last year in Washington of Mikhail Lesin, a Russian media executive and former adviser to President Vladimir Putin, was accidental and caused partly by...
View ArticleTwo California men accused of plotting to smuggle weapons to Iran
(Reuters) - Two California men have been charged in a scheme to smuggle more than $3 million worth of military aircraft parts and other defense items to Iran, U.S. federal prosecutors said on...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Man on Acid
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Police in Sturgeon Bay say a man who admitted taking acid went on a trip that landed him behind bars.According to police, officers were dispatched to the 400 block of N. 6th...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court to hear sex offender social media ban case
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday took up a case testing free speech rights in the digital age, agreeing to decide whether a North Carolina law banning convicted...
View ArticlePotential Impact of New Clinton Review
UNDATED (WTAQ) - On Friday, the FBI announced it's reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of sensitive emails when she was secretary of state.What impact could this have on voters...
View ArticleU.S. regulator says former employee downloaded data from office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. banking regulator said on Friday it had told Congress about what it called "a major information security incident" after a former employee was found to have downloaded a...
View ArticleU.S. appeals court upholds man's conviction for Facebook death threats
By Amy TenneryNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of a Pennsylvania man who made threatening statements toward his then-wife and others on Facebook, in a case that...
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